Name: _____________________________________ Date: ____________Global 9 Period: __________

Age of Explorati

on

VocabularyEncomienda Spanish settlers are given land and natives to work the land in the

new colony

MercantilismSystem in which the colony produces raw materials for the mother country, who turns them into manufactured goods and sells them back for a profit

Columbian Exchange

Exchange of goods, animals and diseases between Europe and the Americas

Colony A territory under the control of a country (Ex. New Spain and Peru were colonies under control of the mother country Spain)

Conquistadors Spanish conquerors of Latin America (ex. Hernan Cortes & Francisco Pizzaro)

Viceroy Official who rules a colony in place of the king

Imperialism A strong country takes over and controls a weaker country

The Middle PassageThe transport of slaves from Africa to the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean (called such due it being the “middle leg” of the triangle trade)

African Diaspora The forced dispersal (spreading out) of Africans from their homeland

Name: ____________________________________ Date: _____________

Global 9 Period: ___________Documents: Age of Exploration

Document 1:

Three days after I captured this city, some of the Indians who lived here came to offer to make peace. They brought me some turquoises and poor mantles, and I received them in His Majesty’s name with as good a speech as I could, making them understand the purpose of my coming to this country, which is, in the name of His Majesty and by the commands of Your Lordship, that they and all others in this province should become Christians and should know the true God for their Lord . . .”

Coronado’s Report to Viceroy Mendoza – August 3, 1540

According to Coronado’s Report, what was the purpose of his coming to North America?

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Document 2:

According to the picture above, what were two technological advances that encouraged exploration?

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Document 3:

The CrusadesCauses Effects

• Power and influence of the Roman Catholic Church increases in western Europe

• Turkish Muslims conquer the Holy Land and close it to all Christians

• The Roman Catholic Church calls on Europeans to free the Holy Land from the Turks

• Europeans are exposed to the foods, spices, and goods of the Middle East and Asia

• The Muslims controlled the holy land• Travel and trade increased

Why did Europeans become interested in exploring after the Crusades?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Document 4:

According to the map above, who were the “middle men” for trade between Asia and Europe?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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How would the price of goods change as it was exchanged from Asia to the Middle East to Europe?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Document 5:

Based on the picture above, why are the Natives’ hands being cut off?

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Spaniards cutting off the hands of Natives for not meeting their gold quota.

Name: __________________________________ Date: _____________Global 9 Period: ___________

Europeans Begin Exploring

Europeans wanted to explore for:

Glory

______________________________________________________ for the explorers and

their sponsor country

________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________

God

European Christians wanted to _____________________________

_______________________________________________________Europeans were encouraged to spread Christianity or bring _______________________ who would focus on it

Gold

$$$ ________________ $$$

________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

_____________________

The problem:

Trade was controlled predominantly by the

___________________________________________

(__________________________________________)

and the Italians because of their great location on the

Mediterranean Sea between ___________________

_____________________.

This caused goods to be very ___________________

The solution:

Europeans search for ______________________________________________________

o Spain: Plan to sail ___________________________________________________

o Portugal: Plan to sail _________________________________________________

New Technology that made the Age of Exploration possible:

Name: ___________________________________ Date: _____________Global 9 Period: ___________

Explorer Web-quest

Directions: Use the links on my website to help you summarize what each explorer is most known for (approximately 2 complete sentences), and trace their route on the map. Link 1 will cover all the explorers on the first page. The second link will cover the next few. The last two explorers you will need to “Google” on your own.

Christopher Columbus

Ferdinand Magellan

Hernan Cortez

Francisco Pizzaro

Bartolomeo Dias

Vasco de Gama

Marco Polo

Zheng He

Leif Ericson

Read “The Encounter” by Jane YolenWatch “Guns, Germs & Steel” Episode 2: Conquest

Brainpop videos

Links for explorer webquest:http://www.phschool.com/atschool/ahon/history_interactive/mvl-1021/common_player.html http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?page=explorers

Name: ___________________________________ Date: _____________

Global 9 Period: ___________

Conquest of Latin America

Despite having fewer people, the Europeans were successful at conquering the natives

because of:

GUNS

GERMS

STEEL

HORSES

Examples:

o Aztecs: __________________________________

o Incas: ___________________________________

Conquistadors:

Effects:

o _____________________________________ (mostly from disease but also from

war and mistreatment)

o Spain establishes colonies and becomes __________________________________

Columbian Exchange: Exchange of _____________________________________________________

between Europe and the Americas.

Effect

o Many migrate to the Americas

o _____________________________________________ cultures all become part of Latin

America

Mercantilism: _____________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

o Colonies existed for the _____________________________________________

o Mercantilism produced a _____________________________________________

Life in Latin America

A ____________________, or official that ruled the colony in place of the King, ruled

harshly over the new territories

The main product produced and sold in Latin America was ________________

ENCOMIENDA SYSTEM: _______________________________________________

o The Spanish are supposed to take care of the natives and ________________ them

Peninsu

lares

Creoles

Mestizos/Mulattoes

Africans/Natives

o In reality, the natives are treated like _________

o As a result of the encomienda system, many natives died of disease or

mistreatment _______________________________________________________

o European Solution: __________________________________________________

Name: ___________________________________ Date: _____________Global 9 Period: ___________

Atlantic Slave Trade

(aka: _____________________________________________)

The Need for Slaves

________________________________________________required a large supply of ________________

to make them profitable

Most of the Native Americans that were used for labor had ____________ (from _____________________

_____________________)

The Europeans looked to _____________ for a new source of labor

Social Hierarchy in Latin America:

Benefits: Africans had already been exposed to European diseases, had experience in farming and

had little knowledge of the new land

The Middle Passage

The Atlantic Slave Trade was also known as the

______________________________ because it was the “middle

leg” of the _______________________________

Effects of the Slave Trade on Africa

_____________________________ and tension between neighboring peoples

_____________________________________

The strong, healthy men and women were taken first which made it harder to plant and harvest for the community

___________________________: the ideas, beliefs & customs of the Africans spread to other areas of the world.