Age of Exploration

Open Ended

What is a place you want to explore?

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

Age of Exploration

A.K.A. The Age of Discovery

1400s-1600s

Period of time when European

nations began exploring the world

WHY

EXPLORE?

Reason #1: Curiosity

People wanted to know what was out there

Poll

What are you most curious about?

• Are there aliens in space?

• Why is the ocean salty?

• How is money made?

Reason #2: Religion
Spread Christianity

Reason #3: Glory

Superiority and National Pride

Reason #4: Money

Gold, Natural Resources, Trade

Reason #5: Technology

Better ships and navigational tools

Expeditions mainly made
money by discovering new

trade routes for their nation

Multiple Select

Why did people explore the world?

• Money

• Technology

• Religion

• Curiosity

• Glory

HENRY THE NAVIGATOR

Portuguese
prince who
started a
school of
navigation,

sparking the

Age of

Exploration

HENRY THE NAVIGATOR

-Paid for expeditions
along the west
coast of Africa

-Ships went farther
south

-Mapped out much
of western Africa

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

KING FERDINAND &
QUEEN ISABELLA

-Spanish Monarchs

-Unhappy the
Portuguese were
dominating in
exploration

-Started sending
explorers of their own

Multiple Choice

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

• Spain sent their own explorers

• Spain declared war on Portugal

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

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

Multiple Choice

Which country did Christopher Columbus accidentally discover?

• Spain

• China
• America

Spanish Explorers

Found Florida

Searched for the
legendary “Fountain of Youth”

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

Multiple Choice

What civilizations did Spanish explorers conquer?

• English

• Aztec & Inca

• Canadian

French Explorers

Explored North America and Canada

Found the Great Lakes

Multiple Choice

What did French explorers find in America?

• The Great Lakes

• The West Coast

• Europe

English Explorers

Explored and made maps in America

Made contact with Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii

Multiple Choice

English Explorers made maps of...

• Mexico

• America

• Spain

EFFECTS OF EXPLORATION

#1 Colonies

European

nations

established

colonies in the

Americas

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European nations established ​

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in America.

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Colonies

Ship routes

EFFECTS OF EXPLORATION

#2 God, Gold,

Glory

European nations

expanded the
wealth, power,

and spread

religion

Multiple Choice

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

• sick

• poor

• wealthy

EFFECTS OF EXPLORATION

#3 Trade Routes

Europeans

established sea
trade routes

with India

EFFECTS OF EXPLORATION

#4 Slaves

The slave trade was expanded because

epidemics brought to the Americas

killed most of the natives, necessitating

more workers

EFFECTS OF EXPLORATION

#5 Columbian Exchange

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

Multiple Choice

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

• Columbian Exchange

• Sea Travel

• Sport

EFFECTS OF EXPLORATION

#6 Rise of Capitalism

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

Multiple Choice

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

• Chores

• Slavery

• Capitalism

EFFECTS OF EXPLORATION

#7 Rise of Mercantilism

Mercantilism- the idea that trade makes people wealthy

Multiple Choice

What is the idea that trade makes people wealthy

• Slavery

• Mercantilism

• Business

Open Ended

Type one thing you learned about the age of exploration.