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The Age of Exploration
In your opinion,
why do you think Europeans
began to explore the oceans?
Define the following key terms:
Astrolabe
Caravel
Cartographer
Colony
Commerce
Compass
*Compass rose
Export
Import
Invest
Mercantilism
*Slavery
*Trade route
* =Not found in textbook
After watching the videos
Watch the two videos on exploration on my YouTube site.
1. List reasons why the Europeans
were afraid to sail the oceans too
far from land?
2. List reasons why exploring beyond
Europe and Asia began.
After watching the videos
3. Identify effects of exploration
4. Classify effects of exploration on
the modern world as economic,
political or social and explain why.
European Explorers
Handout & Map
HANDOUTS CAN BE FOUND ON THE CLASS WEB
SITE IN UNIT 4 HANDOUTS
Papal Separation
of the world for exploration
“Line of Demarcation”
Spain’s to
explore
Portugal’s to
explore
Analyze the Illustration
Study the illustrations on the
next slide
•
List the people, objects
and activities
illustrated
•
Based on what you
observe, list three
things you might
infer from the two
illustrations
•
What questions does
the illustrations raise
in your mind?
•
Where could you find
answers to them?
Questions to Consider
1. How does the author explain the entrance of Portugal into the African slave
trade?
2. The author describes the Muslim Arabs as "very hostile to Christians" but then
goes on to detail the close commercial relationship between the Arabs and the
Portuguese. How do you explain this contradiction?
3. This document comes to us from a Venetian sailing for Portugal in the 1450s.
By the end of the century many Italians (including Columbus) would sail not
for their native states, but for Portugal or Spain. What political and economic
circumstances account for this?
Handout to answer questions can be found on the class web site in Unit 4
handouts. 15 century slave trade
African Slave Trade
Three Passages of a slaves Journey
to the New World
First Passage
Slaves journey
from the interior
of Africa
(sometimes up to
100 miles) to the
west coast of
Africa
Three Passages of a slaves Journey
to the New World
Middle Passage
Slaves journey
from the coast of
Africa across the
Atlantic ocean to
the new world
Three Passages of a slaves Journey
to the New World
Third Passage
Slaves final
journey from the
auction to the
plantation owner
•Columbian Exchange Led To…
$ Cash Crop $
A crop, such as tobacco, grown for
direct sale rather than for livestock
feed. cash crop
and evolves into The
“Triangular Trades”
So…. What were their motives
for Exploration?
P. E. R. S. I. A.
So…. What were their motives
for Exploration?
•Political motives
• European
expansion
• Building
of a trading empire
So…. What were their motives
for Exploration?
• Economic
• Cheaper
motives
goods and services
• Faster/alternate trade routes.
• Europeans hoped for spices & precious
metals.
• Seek greater wealth “Gold”
So…. What were their motives
for Exploration?
• Religious
motives
• Religious
zeal – belief that the natives
should be introduced to Catholicism
(Catholic faith).
• Convert
natives to Christianity.
• Serve God
So…. What were their motives
for Exploration?
• Social
motives
• Migration
of people to the new world
• Exchange of culture and ideas
• Freedom from tyranny
• Recognition
So…. What were their motives
for Exploration?
• Intellectual
motives
• Curiosity
• Discovery
of new lands
• Invention of new technologies (i.e.
Carvel, astrolabe, magnetic compass,
rudder etc…
So…. What were their motives
for Exploration?
• Area
• Sea
motives (Geography)
route to the east Indies
• Search for a Northwest Passage
• Establish colonies
• New “Cash crops”