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The Age of Exploration

The Age of Exploration. Why Explore? God, Gold, & Glory…. Spread YOUR religion Get rich (gold, spices, silk, etc.) Find new resources such as wood, iron, etc. Find new lands and have them named after you. Also fun to (in theory) to discover and learn about new lands.

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The Age of Exploration

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  1. The Age of Exploration

  2. Why Explore?God, Gold, & Glory… • Spread YOUR religion • Get rich (gold, spices, silk, etc.) • Find new resources such as wood, iron, etc. • Find new lands and have them named after you. Also fun to (in theory) to discover and learn about new lands. • Reasons not to explore… • Equator=death • The world if flat • Really expensive • Sea monsters

  3. The Mission… • How can I get to Asia quickly with a lot of goods to trade and sell? • 3 routes • Over land (The Silk Road) • Dangerous, Tedious, Tough terrain (deserts, mountains, etc.) • Around Africa • Westward around the world (Think PacMan)

  4. To Asia On Land…(Marco Polo) • Over 4,000 miles (almost 2500 miles from ATL to San Francisco)

  5. To Asia Around Africa…(De

  6. To Asia Westward…(Christopher Columbus)

  7. Who? • The main 4 countries were • England • John Cabot • Portugal • Vasco De Gama • Ferdinand Magellan • France • Jaques Cartier • Spain • Christopher Columbus • Juan Ponce De Leon • Hernando DeSoto

  8. What happened?Results of exploration • New trade across the world • Conflict among European countries • Columbian Exchange • Both sides trade diseases (Europeans caught Malaria and the Native Americans caught small pox) • To the New World • Horses, cows, guns, iron weapons • To Europe • Chocolate, maize (corn), tobacco, potatoes

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