Age of Exploration Mr Ornstein Willow Canyon High
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Age of Exploration Mr. Ornstein Willow Canyon High School
Causes of the Age of Exploration l After the Crusades Europeans Wanted Increased Trade With Asia l Want Spices
Causes of the Age of Exploration l Europeans Are Looking For Faster Routes to Asia
Causes of the Age of Exploration l 3 G’s l Gold-Gain it l Glory-Get Some l God-Spread Christianity
New Technology l Better Ships l Better Maps l Astrolabe l Sextant l Compass
Prince Henry the Navigator l Portuguese Prince l Opened Navigation School in Lisbon, Portugal that trained many of the future explorers.
Answer: l What are three reasons the Age of Exploration Began?
Portugal l Portugal Dominates European Side of Indian Ocean Trade.
Results of Age of Exploration l Proof Earth is Round-Circumnavigate l Voyages of Columbus l European begin to settle the Americas l Spanish Domination of Latin America l Diseases Kill Most of the Population of the Americas
Results of the Age of Exploration l High Death Rate of the Native Americans Leads to Europeans Bringing African Slave Labor to the Americas l Africans were used by Europeans in the Americas as cheap labor l Atlantic Slave Trade-Part of Triangular Trade
Triangular Trade l Trade Between Europe, Africa, and the Americas l Manufactured Goods, Slaves, and raw materials such as sugar cane.
Columbian Exchange l Global Transfer of Goods, Animals, Plants, Foods, and Diseases between the Americas and Europe.
Mercantilism l Economic Theory Tied into the Age of Exploration and Colonization. l Wealth and Power of a Nation is Measured in Gold, Silver, and number of colonies l Colonies Exist for the Benefit of the Mother Country
Slave Labor l Cheap Labor to Replace Native People that died from diseases. l Brought from Africa.
Encomienda l Established by the Spanish in their American Colonies. l Spanish Used Native People as Cheap Labor l Spanish Converted many Native People to Catholic Religion
Ticket Out the Door l What are three causes of the Age of Exploration? l How was wealth measured in mercantilism? l What are three results of the Age of Exploration? l Why were African Slaves Brought to the Americas?
