Download Chapter 6: The Age of Exploration

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Answer the following questions!!!
1. Why do people go exploring?
2. Who are some modern day explorers you
can think of?
3. Are the risks of exploring worth the
gains?
6:1 – Exploration and Expansion
Neil Alden Armstrong (1930- ) was the first
person to walk on the moon.
 Upon his first step on the moon,
Armstrong said, "One small step for man,
one giant leap for mankind."
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(1451-1506) was an Italian explorer who
sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in
1492.
On his first trip, Columbus led an
expedition with three ships, the Niña,
the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.
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(1460?-1521) was a Spanish explorer and
soldier who was the first European to set foot
in Florida.
Ponce de Leon was searching for the
legendary fountain of youth and other riches.
(1910-1997) was a French undersea explorer,
environmentalist, and innovator.
 In 1943, Cousteau invented the aqualung, a
breathing apparatus that supplied oxygen
to divers and allowed them to stay
underwater for several hours.
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(1254-1324) was an
Italian voyager and
merchant who was one
of the first Europeans
to travel across Asia
through China, he
spent about 24 years
traveling.
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Why???
 Europeans were fascinated by Asia and wanted a
trade route by sea
 Desire for wealth led to European Expansion
 Merchants, adventurers, and gov’t officials hoped
to find precious metals and expand in the East.
 Religious – to spread Catholicism to native
peoples.
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How did they do it???
 Monarchs had expanded power and had the
money to provide explorers.
 New technology such as:
▪ Portolani: records showing coastlines and distances
between ports
▪ Cartography (Mapmaking & Compasses)
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Portugal took the lead in European
Exploration
Prince Henry the Navigator led ships
southward to along the western coast of
Africa
 Discovered Gold
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Portuguese explorer who discovered an
ocean route from Portugal to the East.
Sailed from Lisbon, Portugal, around Africa's
Cape of Good Hope, to India in 1497-1499.
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Goal: To reach Asia by sailing West.
 Financed by Queen Isabella of Spain .
 October 1492, reached Cuba’s coastline
**He died believing he had reached Asia –
explored the Caribbean Islands and Honduras**
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Spain and Portugal fear that the other may
claim their newly discovered territory.
 Line of Demarcation: an imaginary line that
divided their spheres of influence.
 Treaty of Tordesialles: (1894) The line would
extend from north to south through the Atlantic
Ocean and easternmost part of the South
American Continent.
▪ Spain got control of Africa, Portugal the America’s
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Explorers from many countries race to the
America’s
Ventian John Cabot: New England Coastline
for England
Florentine Amerigo Vaspucci: Several
Voyages exploring the “America’s”
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Conquistadors:
 Spanish conquerors of the America’s
 Achieved great success due guns &
determination.
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1550 – Spain controlled Northern Mexico
 Francisco Pizarro took control of the Incan
Empire and held it under Spanish Control for 30
years.
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Queen Isabella
declared Native
American as her
subjects.
 Spanish word Indio’s
(Inhabitants of the
Indies)
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Native Americans were
put to work on sugar
plantations and in gold
& silver mines.
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Forced labor, starvation, and disease took
many natives lives.
 Small pox, measles, and typhus
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In Mexico, Population dropped from 25
million in 1529 to 1 million in 1630
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As you read the text list:
3 Things you found out or didn’t know
2 Interesting Things
1 Question You Still Have