Age of Exploration

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Age of ExplorationGod, Glory and Gold

• Europe and the Far East

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Map Activity

• Use the map on page 121 to draw the routes for
  each of the following explores. You must create a
  map key and label and color all of continents and
  oceans.
• Magellan (1519)
• Columbus (1492)
• Cabot (1497)
• Mayflower (1620)
• Vespucci (1499)
• Ponce de Leon (1512-13)
• Hudson (1609 and 1610)
• Verrazano (1524)
• Cartier ( 1534-35)

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Timeline Activity

• Using the information provided create a timeline
  of the major events that took place during the
  Age of Exploration.
• Your timeline must include the following
• Title
• Date of event
• Explorer
• Country
• Area claimed
• A minimum of five pictures
• Color

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Why Explore????????

• Crusades and journeys of Marco Polo exposed
  Europeans to new technologies, products, and
  culture

• Spicesnutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, pepper
• Silk
• Opiummedicinal and recreational use

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Why Explore????????

• The new products offered the opportunity to make
  money
• Products expensive in Europe due to control of
  trade routes by Muslim middle men

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Prices Under Muslim/Italian Trade Domination
Portugal

• Spices and other Luxury Goods
• Muslims
• Italian Merchants
• European Merchants
• European Consumers

Prices Cut to 1/5th
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Why Explore????????

• Religion
• Power struggle in Europe between Catholics /
  Protestants
• Both churches want to spread their influence and
  obtain converts
• Jesuits specially trained Catholic priests to
  combat spread of Protestantism

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Why Explore????????

• Science
• Sailing technology and navigation made it
  possible
• Astrolabe instrument to guide sailors with
  stars
• Caravel triangular sail
• Magnetic Compass
• Curiosity and questioning of scientific theories

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Sailing on a Boat

• Rations

• Conditions

• four tons of salt beef
• 2,800 pounds of salt pork
• a few beef tongues
• 600 pounds of salted codfish
• 15,000 brown biscuits
• 5000 white biscuits
• 30 bushels of oatmeal
• 40 bushels of dried peas
• 1.5 bushels of mustard seed
• one barrel of salt
• 100 pounds suet (beef fat)
• one barrel of flour
• eleven small casks of butter
• one large cask of vinegar
• 10,000 gallons of beer
• 3,500 gallons of water
• two large casks of apple cider

• http//www.history.com/interactives/age-of-explora
  tion
• How are the rations and conditions on a military
  ship today different then life on a boat in the
  17th century?
• http//www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/51755386
  51755386

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Leaders in Early Exploration

• P
• O
• R
• T
• U
• G
• A
• L

Portugal and Spain
SPAIN
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The Portuguese

• Prince Henry
• Son of Portuguese King
• Dazzled by dreams of ocean exploration and East
  Asia
• Established a navigation school
• Portuguese survival based on its ability to
  trade - OCEAN

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The Portuguese

• Vasco de Gama
• First to sail around Africa to India (27,000 mi)

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The Spanish

• Spain jealous of Portugals achievements (rivals)
• King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella

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Christopher Columbus

• Plan to sail west to get to the Far East
• Lands on Caribbean island in 1492
• Dies believing he landed in India

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Tension Between Spain and Portugal

• The Spark
• Columbus's voyage to Asia
• The Fuel
• Portugal's claim to Asia
• The Extinguisher
• Pope Alexander VI
• The Treaty of Tordesillas 1494
• The line of Demarcation

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Treaty of Tordesillas
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Trade in the Indian Ocean

• Portugal
• In the early 1500s they took control of spice
  trade from Muslims
• Fighting took place between Portugal and Muslims
• Took control of Moluccas (Spice Islands)
• Prices cut to 1/5th

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East Indies Trading Companies

• Dutch East Indies Company
• 1600s
• 20,000 vessels
• Amsterdam becomes a major commercial center
• Control the Cape of Good Hope (Africa)
• Controlled the spice islands
• English East Indies Company
• India
• Indian Cloth

• Companies could
• Mint money
• Make treaties
• And raise their own armies
• Companies eroded Portugal's control of East Asia.

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Native American Cultures Activity Day 1

• Examine the artifacts for your culture and answer
  the following questions
• What conclusions can you draw about this culture?
  
• What impression do you think the European
  explores had of these cultures?

• Read the information given about your culture and
  fill out the chart based on your reading.
• Record your answers on a poster board to share
  with the class.
• Homework Bring in an artifact that you think
  represents our culture today.