Transcript Age of Exploration: Explorers

Bell Ringer
• Read the biography of Christopher
Columbus.
• Highlight the answers to the questions as
you read.
• Be prepared to answer the questions
when we review.
Age of Exploration: Explorers
Today in class…
We will…
Describe the process of exploration to colonization.
You will be able
to…
Social Studies
• Identify the early explorers,
where they are from, the route
they took and their
significance to exploration.
• Explain the concept of
Mercantilism and how it
applies to Colonization.
Language
• Define: Colony, Mercantilism.
• Write a summary of Columbus’
“discovery” of the Americas.
NEXT TIME/SOON: Explorers Chart
Bartholomeu Dias
Bartholomeu Dias
Came From: Portugal
Worked For: Portugal
He led the first expedition to sail around Africa’s
Cape of Good Hope to get to India.
Dias did NOT go any further and returned to Portugal.
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Came From: Italy
Worked For: Spain
He sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean in
1492, hoping to find a route to India.
Columbus “discovered” the Americas.
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama
Came From: Portugal
Worked For: Portugal
He discovered an ocean route from Portugal to India
around the Cape of Good Hope (Africa).
This voyage gave Portugal a direct route to India
and the spice trade.
Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci
Came From: Italy
Worked For: Portugal
One of the first explorers to recognize that the
places he visited were not part of Asia,
but rather a “New World”.
Vespucci explored eastern South and North
America.
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan
Came From: Spain
Worked For: Spain
Led the first European expedition to circumnavigate the globe.
However, Magellan was killed during the voyage
in the Philippines.
Through this expedition, Spain claimed the Philippines
as part of its empire.
Jacques Cartier
Jacques Cartier
Came From: France
Worked For: France
French explorer who led three expeditions to
Canada in 1535.
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake
Came From: England
Worked For: England
British Explorer who led second expedition to
circumnavigate the globe. He lived through the trip!
Drake also led the English fleet when Britain defeated
the Spanish Armada in 1588 for Queen Elizabeth.
Treaty of Tordesillas
• A line that was agreed
upon by the Spanish
and Portuguese to
clear up any confusion
on the newly claimed
land in the New World.
• Spain had control of
territories to the West,
Portugal had territories
to the East.
The process of
Exploration to Colonization
Explorers
Conquistadors
Missionaries
Settlers
Colonies
• Europeans wanted
colonies for their resources
and as markets to sell
products.
• More colonies = more $
• More colonies = more
GLORY
COLONY
Land controlled by far away country to help it
become wealthy and powerful
Mercantilism
Belief that wealth equals power
– Wealth is measured by gold and silver
– Gold & Silver are mined OR come from trade
– Spain took a lot of gold & silver from the New
World
“A colony exists to serve
its parent country.”
The parent gets rich
from gold & silver
The parent gets rich
from gold & silver
The parent gets rich
from exporting more
than it imports
The parent gets rich
from taking raw
materials from the
colony …
The parent gets rich
from gold & silver
The parent gets rich
from exporting more
than it imports
The parent gets rich
from taking raw
materials from the
colony …
The parent gets rich
from gold & silver
The parent gets rich
from exporting more
than it imports
And selling the goods
it makes back to the
colony!
MERCANTILISM
Economic system that helped a country become
wealthy and powerful by getting a lot of gold and
silver and selling more goods than they bought
Magnet Summary
1. Write a topic sentence.
2. Write detail sentences to cover facts in chronologic order. Use the words in
the corners in your sentences.
Asia
West
Christopher Columbus
“discovered” the Americas
Native people
Destruction