Download Europeans Begin Exploring

Name: _____________________________________
Global 9
Date: ____________
Period: __________
Vocabulary
Encomienda
Spanish settlers are given land and natives to work the land in the new
colony
Mercantilism
System in which the colony produces raw materials for the mother country,
who turns them into manufactured goods and sells them back for a profit
Columbian Exchange
Exchange of goods, animals and diseases between Europe and the Americas
Colony
A territory under the control of a country (Ex. New Spain and Peru were
colonies under control of the mother country Spain)
Conquistadors
Spanish conquerors of Latin America (ex. Hernan Cortes & Francisco Pizzaro)
Viceroy
Official who rules a colony in place of the king
Imperialism
A strong country takes over and controls a weaker country
The Middle Passage
The transport of slaves from Africa to the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean
(called such due it being the “middle leg” of the triangle trade)
African Diaspora
The forced dispersal (spreading out) of Africans from their homeland
Name: ____________________________________
Global 9
Documents: Age of Exploration
Date: _____________
Period: ___________
Document 1:
Three days after I captured this city, some of the Indians who lived here came to offer to make peace. They
brought me some turquoises and poor mantles, and I received them in His Majesty’s name with as good a
speech as I could, making them understand the purpose of my coming to this country, which is, in the name
of His Majesty and by the commands of Your Lordship, that they and all others in this province should
become Christians and should know the true God for their Lord . . .”
Coronado’s Report to Viceroy Mendoza – August 3, 1540
According to Coronado’s Report, what was the purpose of his coming to North America?
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Document 2:
According to the picture above, what were two technological advances that encouraged exploration?
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Document 3:
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The Crusades
Causes
Power and influence of the Roman Catholic
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Church increases in western Europe
Turkish Muslims conquer the Holy Land and
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close it to all Christians
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The Roman Catholic Church calls on
Europeans to free the Holy Land from the
Turks
Effects
Europeans are exposed to the foods, spices,
and goods of the Middle East and Asia
The Muslims controlled the holy land
Travel and trade increased
Why did Europeans become interested in exploring after the Crusades?
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Document 4:
According to the map above, who were the “middle men” for trade between Asia and Europe?
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How would the price of goods change as it was exchanged from Asia to the Middle East to Europe?
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Document 5:
Based on the picture above, why are the Natives’
hands being cut off?
Spaniards cutting off the
hands of Natives for not
meeting their gold quota.
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Name: __________________________________
Global 9
Date: _____________
Period: ___________
Europeans Begin Exploring
Europeans wanted to explore for:
Glory
• ______________________________________________________
for the explorers and their sponsor country
• _______________________________________________________
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God
• European Christians wanted to _____________________________
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• Europeans were encouraged to spread Christianity or bring
_______________________ who would focus on it
Gold
• $$$ ________________ $$$
• _______________________________________________________
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The problem:
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Trade was controlled predominantly by the
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(__________________________________________)
and the Italians because of their great location on the
Mediterranean Sea between ___________________
_____________________.
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This caused goods to be very ___________________
The solution:
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Europeans search for ______________________________________________________
o Spain: Plan to sail ___________________________________________________
o Portugal: Plan to sail _________________________________________________
New Technology that made the Age of Exploration possible:
Name: ___________________________________
Global 9
Explorer Web-quest
Date: _____________
Period: ___________
Directions: Use the links on my website to help you summarize what each explorer is most known for (approximately 2
complete sentences), and trace their route on the map. Link 1 will cover all the explorers on the first page. The second
link will cover the next few. The last two explorers you will need to “Google” on your own.
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Hernan Cortez
Francisco Pizzaro
Bartolomeo Dias
Vasco de Gama
Marco Polo
Zheng He
Leif Ericson
Read “The Encounter” by Jane Yolen
Watch “Guns, Germs & Steel” Episode 2: Conquest
Brainpop videos
Links for explorer webquest:
http://www.phschool.com/atschool/ahon/history_interactive/mvl-1021/common_player.html
http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?page=explorers
Name: ___________________________________
Date: _____________
Global 9
Period: ___________
Conquest of Latin America
 Despite having fewer people, the Europeans were successful at conquering the natives
because of:
GUNS
GERMS
STEEL
HORSES
 Examples:
o Aztecs: __________________________________
Conquistadors:
o Incas: ___________________________________
 Effects:
o _____________________________________ (mostly from disease but also from
war and mistreatment)
o Spain establishes colonies and becomes __________________________________
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Columbian Exchange: Exchange of _____________________________________________________
between Europe and the Americas.
Effect
o Many migrate to the Americas
o _____________________________________________ cultures all become part of Latin
America
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Mercantilism: _____________________________________________________________________
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o Colonies existed for the _____________________________________________
o Mercantilism produced a _____________________________________________
Life in Latin America
 A ____________________, or official that ruled the colony in place of the King, ruled
harshly over the new territories
 The main product produced and sold in Latin America was ________________
 ENCOMIENDA SYSTEM: _______________________________________________
o The Spanish are supposed to take care of the natives and ________________ them
o In reality, the natives are treated like _________
Social Hierarchy in Latin America:
Peninsulares
Creoles
Mestizos/Mulattoes
Africans/Natives
o As a result of the encomienda system, many natives died of disease or
mistreatment _______________________________________________________
o European Solution: __________________________________________________
Name: ___________________________________
Global 9
Date: _____________
Period: ___________
Atlantic Slave Trade
(aka: _____________________________________________)
The Need for Slaves
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________________________________________________required a large supply of ________________
to make them profitable
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Most of the Native Americans that were used for labor had ____________ (from _____________________
_____________________)
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The Europeans looked to _____________ for a new source of labor
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Benefits: Africans had already been exposed to European diseases, had experience in farming and
had little knowledge of the new land
The Middle Passage
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The Atlantic Slave Trade was also known as the
______________________________ because it was the “middle
leg” of the _______________________________
Effects of the Slave Trade on Africa
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_____________________________ and tension between neighboring peoples
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The strong, healthy men and women were taken first which made it harder to plant and harvest for the community
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___________________________: the ideas, beliefs & customs of the Africans spread to other areas of the world.