Transcript The_Age of Exploration

The Start of Sea
Exploration
-For many years, the Silk Road connected
China to the Middle East and Europe.
-European countries saw that you could
make money trading and now they
wanted to make money too
Monarchs believed that
trade in spices, perfumes, and silks
would greatly increase their wealth.
European kings started to investing money in
new sea exploration technology
New navigational technologies
helped
voyages of exploration.
Compass
A
compass is a navigational instrument
for determining direction relative to the
Earth's magnetic poles.
Sextant
A
sextant is an instrument used to
measure the angle between any two
visible objects
Caravel
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A caravel is a small, highly maneuverable
sailing ship developed in the 15th century
Closure
 What
connected China to Europe
 Why
did Monarchs want to start to travel
by sea?
 List
2 new types of instruments and what
they did?
The Americas
Portugal and Spain were the first 2 countries
to jump into the spice trade
The Portuguese
explorer, Vasco
da Gama, discovered
an all-water route to
India in 1498.
While searching
for an all-water
route to Asia,
in 1492, Columbus
accidentally landed
in the Americas.
Columbus sailed
for Spain.
The conquistadors were Spanish explorers
That Came to the Americas to conquer new
land
The conquistadors
 Spanish
explorers
 That Came to the Americas to conquer
new land
 Wanted Gold, Glory and to spread the
word of god
 Hernan
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Cortez
Most famous Spanish conquistador
Went to war with Montezuma after he wanted
more money
Review
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European started to travel by sea because
Muslims blocked trade routes
 Europeans wanted silk and spices because they
made a ton of money selling them
 New technology caused Europeans to travel
long distances and explore
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Rudder- steers the ship
Caravel- Small ships, easy to control
Compass- tells you which direction your traveling
Cartographers- Map makers
The Columbian Exchange
A great exchange of people, ideas, and
products occurred as trade developed
between the Americas, Europe, and
Africa. This great exchange is called
the Columbian Exchange.
The Age of Exploration
benefited the Europeans, but it
harmed the Native American Indians
.
The Encomienda system
 Slavery
of Native Americans to help make
the Europeans money
Many Native American Indians died
from smallpox disease.
The Atlantic Slave Trade
It also greatly harmed the African slaves
who were enslaved to replace a dying
Indian population in the Americas.
Europeans decided to use African
slaves to replace a dying Indian population.
Enslaved Africans were usually captured
by warring African tribes and traded
to European and American slave traders.
The “Middle Passage” was the voyage
across the Atlantic to the Americas.
Captured
Africans
were
crammed
into
small
quarters
during the
Middle Passage.
African slaves encountered
brutality and cruelty on plantations
in the Americas.
Questions for Reflection:
 Why
did many Native American Indians
die?
 How did the deaths of Native American
Indians affect Africans?
 What was the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
 Why did so many Africans die during the
“Middle Passage”?
The Age of Exploration
Explorers
Causes
Effects