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Age of Explorers Computer Lab Activity Bell Ringer • Who were the first people to visit North and South America? Assignment • After visiting this website http://goo.gl/3h2n33 you will create baseball cards for 6 historical explorers. • On the front you will draw a picture of the explorer, put his job title, and his home country. (Like a baseball card) • On the back you provide important information about the explorer such as: Dates of life, purpose for exploring, accomplishments, and legacy. Bell Ringer – 9/9 • What were 3 motivations for exploration? • Think about the explorers you studied. Gold, God, and Glory • Gold – Europeans wanted to find quicker, easier, and safer trade routes to India and China. o Avoid the Muslim Empires between. • God – Europeans wanted to spread Christianity to the “heathens” of the world. o It was their duty as Godly white men. • Glory – Fueled by the Spirit of the Renaissance, explorers hoped to bring glory and land to their country. • Technology makes it possible. • Better ship – Caravel – Smaller and sturdier • Better navigation – astrolabe – accurate longitude and latitude. Bell Ringer 9/10 • Which European country was the first to sail to India? Portugal Leads the Way • Portugal – first to setup trading outposts on West Coast of Africa. • Portugal – First to sail around Africa into Indian Ocean • Prince Henry – Enthusiastic monarch who dreamed of overseas exploration. o Provided lots of money. • Prince Henry built a navigation school in Portugal. o Set up Slave Trading posts in Africa • Bartolomeu Dias – First to sail around tip of Africa • Vasco da Gama – First to reach India by sea o His cargo was worth 60x the cost his 27,000 mile voyage. Spain makes a claim. • Spain wanted a piece of the overseas profits. • 1492 – Christopher Columbus convinces the Spanish monarch to allow him to sail West to find a new route to India. • 1492 – Columbus reached the Caribbean Sea in North America. • Portugal became jealous. They thought he had found a route to India. • Treaty of Tordesillas – Agreement between Spain and Portugal to divide America between themselves. Trading Companies • British East India Company AND • Dutch East India Company. • Companies that would pay for explorers to settle new land and colonize areas to make money. • Example – A person could buy 1% stock on the company. • When the colony or trading post starts making money, they will receive 1% of the profits. Map Activity • Create a Key and label the World Map with these items. (Date is 1600) • Portuguese Colonies • Spanish Colonies • French Colonies • English Colonies • Dutch Colonies • Columbus’s Journey • Dias’s Journey • • • • • • • Da Gama’s Journey Magellan’s Journey Aztec Empire Incan Empire Ottoman Empire Cortes’s Journey Treaty of Tordesillas Line