Spanish Exploration

Age of Exploration
Exploring the world during the 1500s looking for new lands

Improved Technology for Travel

Making Maps

• Europeans also learned cartography (the skill of making maps)

• They learned how to make a curved Earth fit on a flat surface

• Maps were used to mark locations of trading posts

• Maps changed as explorers discovered new territories

Compass

A navigational instrument used to help sailors find direction.

Caravel

It is a small sailing ship used in the 15th century by the Portuguese to explore.

New World

North and South America

Astrolable

It was an instrument used to measure the positions of the Sun and other objects in the sky. That helped navigators estimate time and their own position on the sea.

Old World

Europe, Asia, and Africa

Multiple Choice

"New World" was a name given to the Americas by

• spice traders

• shipbuilders

• American Indians

• European Explorers

Conquistador

A Spanish soldier and explorer who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain.

Multiple Choice

Spanish explorers and soldiers who led expeditions became known as ________, which means "conquerors".

• Conquistador

• Veterans

• Sailing Soldiers

• Conquerors

Expedition

A journey or voyage undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose.

Colony

A group of people settled in a distant land that are ruled by the government of their native land.

Northwest Passage

A water route between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

Europeans wanted to get silk from China and spices like pepper, from southeast Asia. They wanted cloth from Asia and India.

Interest in Asia

​Marco Polo's writings about his travels in Asia made Europeans interested.

Multiple Choice

Age of Exploration

• A journey or voyage undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose

• A group of people settled in a distant land that are ruled by the government of their native land

• Exploring the world during the 1500s looking for new lands

• A Spanish soldier and explorer who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain

• A water route between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean

Multiple Select

select ALL of the following items that Europeans wanted from Asia

• Silk

• Spices (pepper)

• Cloth

• Glass

Multiple Choice

Explore

• A journey or voyage undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose

• A group of people settled in a distant land that are ruled by the government of their native land

• To travel in a region that was previously unknown or little known in order to learn about its natural features and inhabitants

• A Spanish soldier and explorer who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain

• A water route between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean

Multiple Choice

Expedition

• A journey or voyage undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose

• A group of people settled in a distant land that are ruled by the government of their native land

• Exploring the world during the 1500s looking for new lands

• A Spanish soldier and explorer who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain

• A water route between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean

Multiple Choice

Compass

• A navigational instrument used to help sailors find direction.

• A group of people settled in a distant land that are ruled by the government of their native land

• Exploring the world during the 1500s looking for new lands

• A Spanish soldier and explorer who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain

• A water route between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean

Multiple Choice

Colony

• A journey or voyage undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose

• A group of people settled in a distant land that are ruled by the government of their native land

• Exploring the world during the 1500s looking for new lands

• A Spanish soldier and explorer who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain

• A water route between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean

Multiple Choice

From which continent did explorers begin traveling from beginning in the late 1400s?

• Africa

• Asia

• Europe

• South America

Spanish Exploration

Spain's Reasons to Explore

Gold: The Spanish wanted to find more gold. They wanted to be rich.

God: The Spanish wanted the natives to believe in God and they wanted them to become Christians.

Glory - They wanted to be famous and make Spain famous too.

Multiple Choice

The main reason Europeans wanted to find an all water route to Asia was . . .

• to spread Hellenistic culture

• to find new trade routes to Asia (wanted control of the rare spice trade = $$$)

• to develop new math methods

• to spread their religious beliefs

Multiple Select

What are the 3 G's that help us remember the reasons for Spanish exploration?

• God

• Greed

• Glory

• Gold

Multiple Choice

What areas did the Spain colonize in the 1500s?

• Southern Africa

• Southwestern Europe

• the Midwest

• Mexico, Central America, parts of South America

Multiple Choice

What continent is this ?

• South America

• Asia

• North America

• I don't know!

Exploring
new lands

●Amerigo Vespucci - Arrived in South America.

●Ferdinand Magellan - First European voyage to circumnavigate
the globe.

Multiple Choice

What is the best definition of the word "circumnavigate?"

• Sail in a ship.

• Travel all the way around.

• Travel by airplane.

• Explore a new place.