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Age of Exploration

Age of Exploration

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6th Grade

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26 Slides • 15 Questions

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Open Ended

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What is a place you want to explore?

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Poll

Why do you want to explore this place?

Opportunity to earn money

New technology

Religion

I am curious

So I can win an award

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Age of Exploration

A.K.A. The Age of Discovery

1400s-1600s

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Period of time when European

nations began exploring the world

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WHY

EXPLORE?

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Reason #1: Curiosity

People wanted to know what was out there

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Poll

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What are you most curious about?

Are there aliens in space?

Why is the ocean salty?

How is money made?

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Reason #2: Religion
Spread Christianity

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Reason #3: Glory

Superiority and National Pride

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Reason #4: Money

Gold, Natural Resources, Trade

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Reason #5: Technology

Better ships and navigational tools

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Expeditions mainly made
money by discovering new

trade routes for their nation

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Multiple Select

Why did people explore the world?

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Money

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Technology

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Religion

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Curiosity

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Glory

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HENRY THE NAVIGATOR

Portuguese
prince who
started a
school of
navigation,

sparking the

Age of

Exploration

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HENRY THE NAVIGATOR

-Paid for expeditions
along the west
coast of Africa

-Ships went farther
south

-Mapped out much
of western Africa

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Portuguese Explorers

-1st to sail around the southern tip of Africa (Cape of Good Hope) and into the Indian Ocean

-Could now trade by water to Asia

-Reached India, establishing an all-water route

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KING FERDINAND &
QUEEN ISABELLA

-Spanish Monarchs

-Unhappy the
Portuguese were
dominating in
exploration

-Started sending
explorers of their own

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Multiple Choice

Spain was not happy that the Portuguese were exploring faster than them. What did they do?

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Spain sent their own explorers

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Spain declared war on Portugal

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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
-Italian-born

-Went to several
monarchs to try and
get sponsored to sail,
but was refused

-King Ferdinand and
Queen Isabella
eventually agreed

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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
First Voyage 1492-1493
Landed in the Caribbean and found
the Americas by accident

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Multiple Choice

Which country did Christopher Columbus accidentally discover?

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Spain

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China
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America

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Spanish Explorers

Found Florida

Searched for the
legendary “Fountain of Youth”

Conquered Civilizations in South America (Inca) and Mexico (Aztec)

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Multiple Choice

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What civilizations did Spanish explorers conquer?

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English

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Aztec & Inca

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Canadian

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French Explorers

Explored North America and Canada

Found the Great Lakes

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Multiple Choice

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What did French explorers find in America?

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The Great Lakes

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The West Coast

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Europe

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English Explorers

Explored and made maps in America

Made contact with Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii

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Multiple Choice

English Explorers made maps of...

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Mexico

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America

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Spain

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EFFECTS OF EXPLORATION

#1 Colonies

European

nations

established

colonies in the

Americas

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European nations established ​
in America.
Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above
Colonies
Ship routes

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EFFECTS OF EXPLORATION

#2 God, Gold,

Glory

European nations

expanded the
wealth, power,

and spread

religion

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Multiple Choice

After exploring new places and colonizing European nations found gold. Gold made them...

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sick

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poor

3

wealthy

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EFFECTS OF EXPLORATION

#3 Trade Routes

Europeans

established sea
trade routes

with India

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EFFECTS OF EXPLORATION

#4 Slaves

The slave trade was expanded because

epidemics brought to the Americas

killed most of the natives, necessitating

more workers

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EFFECTS OF EXPLORATION

#5 Columbian Exchange

Plants, animals, disease, and food were traded all around the world. This affected a lot of people.

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Multiple Choice

Food, animals, plants, and disease were traded all over the world. What was this called?

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Columbian Exchange

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Sea Travel

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Sport

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EFFECTS OF EXPLORATION

#6 Rise of Capitalism

Capitalism- A system in the economy where people own, trade, and sell goods and services

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Multiple Choice

What is a system in the economy where people own, trade, and sell goods and services

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Chores

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Slavery

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Capitalism

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EFFECTS OF EXPLORATION

#7 Rise of Mercantilism

Mercantilism- the idea that trade makes people wealthy

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Multiple Choice

What is the idea that trade makes people wealthy

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Slavery

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Mercantilism

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Business

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