1. The Age of Exploration Portugal and Spain

2. The Age of Exploration Why was there exploration? Who were some of the important explorers? Why were certain routes more important than others? What were some of the inventions that aided with exploration? What nations were made wealthy due to exploration?

3. Why did nations send out explorers? Glory God Gold

4. Inventions Astrolabe – measure latitude Magnetic compass – to identify north Caravel – flat bottomed ship Printing Press – spread of mapmaking

7. Portuguese Exploration First nation to attempt sea route to Asia Prince Henry “the Navigator”  Established a school  Direct Trade with Asia  Learn more about Islamic World

8. Traded Goods Guns Clothing Metal Tools and Instruments Gold Ivory Salt & Spices Slaves

9. Bartolomeu Dias Sailed around the tip of Africa “Cape of Good Hope/ Cape of Storms”

10. Vasco da Gama The first to sail all the way to India Helped establish trading posts

12. Spanish Claims Christopher Columbus Financed by Spain Reached Caribbean Treaty of Tordesillas

13. Juan Ponce de Leon Florida

14. Hernando Cortes Claimed land in Mexico, invaded the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, killed the king and took their treasures of gold and silver

15. Cabeza de Vaca First to explore Texas, New Mexico and Arizona

16. Hernando de Soto First European to discover the Mississippi River

17. Francisco Coronado Traveled up Colorado River to the Grand Canyon

18. Pedro Menendez de Aviles St. Augustine, FL Defend the Spanish treasure

20. Ferdinand Magellan Circumnavigated the earth. Was killed by natives in the Philippine Islands.

21. Vasco de Balboa Crossed isthmus of Panama & saw the Pacific

22. Francisco Pizarro Led conquistadors to Peru and to the Inca empire on the Pacific coast of South America. Killed their king and took their vast supply of gold.

23. Juan Cabrillo Explored the coast of California

24. Vikings – Leif Ericsson http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/viking s/launch_gms_viking_quest.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/viking s/launch_gms_viking_quest.shtml

25. Map the following: Portugal Spain Great Britain/England France India China Caribbean

27. 1. Caravel 2. Dias3. Da Gama 4. Cortez 5. Spain 6. Portugal 7. Export 8. Coronado 9. Mercantilism 10. Pizarro11. De Soto 12. Asia 13. India 14. Astrolabe 15. Compass 16. Ericsson 17. Favorable Balance of Trade 18. Pope19. Cartographer20. Quota 21. Cabral22. Atlantic Ocean23. Pacific Ocean24. Import

28. 1. Jacques Cartier2. Mason & Gorges 3. Marquette & Joliet 4. Squanto 5. John Cabot6. Sir Francis Drake 7. James Oglethorpe 8. Duke of York 9. Lord Baltimore10. Henry Hudson11. Pacifism 12. Privateers 13. Cash crops 14. Feudalism15. Thomas Hooker 16. William Penn 17. English 18. Dutch 19. Swedish 20. French 21. Spanish22. Portuguese23. Jamestown24. Charleston