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CORNELL NOTES SHEET Main Ideas Name: ________________________________________ Class: ______________________ Topic: ________________________ Date: _______/ _____/ ________ Period ______ NOTES The Age of Exploration REASONS 4 EUROPEAN EXPLORATION The Growth of Trade Marco Polo Wrote about the amazing things in China Encouraged an increase in trade European Rulers and Merchants anxious to find a sea route Advances in Technology China Invented gunpowder Magnetic compass Arabia Learned to make better Sails Europeans Developed moveable rudder Portugal Prince Henry the Navigator developen a new lighter ship o Better for long travels over ocean Emergence of Powerful Rulers Strong rulers est power of nobles and built large armies and amasses great wealth Desire for Profits Capitalist economy was just emerging o New wealth through investment and trade o Some hoped exp would increase profits Religious Enthusiasm European Missionaries sought to spread Christian religion o Believed it was Superior religion & culture EUROPE ENCOUNTERS THE AMERICAS Christopher Columbus Believed he could find China by Sailing Westward Queen Isabella of Spain supported his claim 1492 he set sail Never found westward route to Asie Instead found the NEW WORLD The Columbian Exchange 1 of most significant events in world history Identifies the exchange of plants animals and diseases between Europe and the NEW WORLD The diseases the Europeans brought had never been seen in the Americas. The Native Americans have no immunity built up Estimates from 2 to 18 million Native Americans died because of the diseases SUMMARY: Write 4 or more sentences describing specific learning from these notes. __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________