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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
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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
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