Download Aim: How did the age of exploration lead to the advancement of

Aim: How did the
age of exploration
lead to the
advancement of
geographic
knowledge?
Do Now: Why are Spain
and Portugal in an ideal
location to explore the
new world?
Why Spain and Portugal?
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Atlantic Coastline
Peninsula
Need for new products/goods
Desire for wealth
Vocabulary
• Triangle Trade: goods and people
moving from Europe to Africa to the
Americas.
• Cultural Diffusion: The exchange of
ideas, customs, goods, and technologies
among cultures.
• Columbian Exchange: Global exchange
of people, plants, animals, ideas, and
technology that began in the 1400s
• Mercantilism: the policy of building a
nation's wealth by exporting more goods
than it imports.
Activity
On your own…
Read European Encounters
• Directions: Paraphrase- restate the meaning
of each paragraph in the blank space provided
• Complete questions 1-5
Summary
• How did the Age of Exploration lead to
geographic advancement for European
nations?