01 Age of Explorers

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New Routes for Trade

Spreading Christianity

Wealth

World Power

fear of the unknown

poor navigational tools

poor maps

Disease and starvation

Sort the Motivations and Obstacles to Exploration

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Motivations for Exploration

Obstacles to Exploration

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European were trying to find a faster route to Asia to profit from ​

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Match the picture of the tool with the name and use.

Astrolabe: finds the height of the sun

Compass: points to the North Pole

Gunpowder: used in canons and guns

Sextant:

tells latitude and longitude

Chronometer: tells exact time

• Astrolabe: finds the height of the sun

• Compass: points to the North Pole

• Gunpowder: used in canons and guns

• Sextant:

  tells latitude and longitude

• Chronometer: tells exact time

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In 1488, another ​

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explorer named Bartolomeu ​

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reached the southern tip of ​

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, which he called the ​

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because of its rough seas. Later, it was renamed the ​

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because it was a hope-filled step towards reaching Asia by sea.

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Portuguese

Dias

Africa

"Cape of Storms"

"Cape of Good Hope"

Labelling

Drag the following items to where they originated from. Either the grey side (the Western Hemisphere) or the blue side (the Eastern Hemisphere)

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Silver

Horses

Corn

Smallpox

Turkeys

Multiple Choice

What did the Treaty of Tordesillas do?

• Split the Americas between England and France

• Split the Americas between Spain and Portugal

• Split the Americas between Belgium and China

• Split the Americas between the Dutch and Spain

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Place the explorers name over the route they traveled.

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Christopher Columbus

Leif Erickson

Bartolomeu Dias

Hernan Cortes

Ferdinand Magellan