•Age of Exploration: a period from 1400 to 1600 in which Europeans traveled the rest of the world in search of goods, raw materials, land, and trade partners

•In this paragraph, I will explain why Europeans explored, where they went, and what they gained.

Reasons for the Age of Exploration

1. Europeans explore because:–Interested in spices from Asia; WHY - GOLD

Reasons for the Age of Exploration

1. CONTINUED - –Nations wanted to claim new lands and riches; WHY - GLORY–Spread Christianity. WHY - GOD

Reasons for the Age of Exploration3)What key advances in

knowledge and technology allowed Europeans to explore these new areas?• Answers on next slide

•Number 3 answers:•Cartography – map making.

View world as a sphere;•Navigation easier because of

new maps and tools;• Improvements made to design

of ships and weapons.

•WHERE EUROPEANS WENT: 1.AFRICA2.ASIA3.Americas (NORTH AND SOUTH)

Portugal Begins Age of Exploration•Prince Henry “the Navigator” •He started a school of navigation

where sailors and mapmakers could learn their trades. His expeditions explored the coast of Africa (EXAMPLE, WHERE)

•Bartolomeu Dias: •He became the first European to sail around the Southern tip of Africa (Example of Where).

•Vasco da Gama:•He sailed to India and brought valuable spices (Where) back to Portugal.

•Pedro Cabral:•Cabral sailed to present-day

Brazil and claimed its lands WHAT for Portugal – GLORY• In India, he established a

trading post WHAT and signed a trading treaty.

IMPACT OF PORTUGUESE EXPLORATION•Africa•After the native population of Brazil decreased, millions of Africans were brought to Brazil as slaves WHAT (where).

•Asia:•Portuguese seized seaport in of

Goa in India and built forts there. They attacked and killed all the people defending the main port of the Spice Islands (EXAMPLE OF GLORY – WHAT).

• Americas:• The Portuguese established

colonies in Brazil and tried to convert the native peple to Christianity. WHAT• Native people were forced to

work on sugar plantations. Many died from overwork or disease.

• Christopher Columbus:• Sailed west, not east, to find the

easiest route to Asia EXAMPLE OF WHERE;• He landed on an island in the

Caribbean Sea and claimed it for Spain – GLORY; WHAT• Found new world that was new to Europe

Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest

• Europe: • Spain rapidly expanded foreign

trade;•Became one of Europe’s richest

and most powerful country.

•The Americas:•New animals, like the horse, were introduced;

What impact did European Exploration of North America have on the people of

Europe?• Europeans traded for fish,

otter skins, whale oil, and beaver and fox furs; WHAT• Started war between

England and Spain.

A.Thesis: Introductioni. Definition of Age of

Explorationii.I will now discuss why

Europeans explored, where they went, and what they gained.

B.WHY: God, Glory, Goldi. Explanation – what is

meant by God, Glory, and Gold

C.Where: Asia, Africa, and the Americasi. Give example(s) of how explorers

traveled to distant landsii. Columbus (Spain), Prince Henry

the Navigator (Portugal) Pedro Cabral (Portugal), Ferdinand Magellan (Spain)

D.What: What did Europeans get?i. Be specific in what

the Europeans got

E.Concluding sentence