1. Exploration Begins
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2. Knowledge Connections
Vocabulary 
Empire
Colony
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Definition
Knowledge Connections
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3. Why did Europeans start exploring unknown oceans and seas?
Essential Question
Why did Europeans start exploring unknown oceans and seas?

4. When did ocean exploration begin?
The Age of Exploration began in the late 1400s
Trade lured Europeans into the unknown oceans and seas

5. Why not travel by land?
Europeans wanted to trade with Asian countries, like China
However, they had to find a way to get around the Ottoman and Italian merchants who controlled the trade routes
Answer = Finding an all water route to Asia

6. PRINCE HENRY THE NAVIGATOR
Who was Prince Henry?
Never made an ocean voyage of his own
Sent sailors to map out the west coast of Africa
Started the Portuguese EMPIRE
Group of territories under the control of one government
PRINCE HENRY THE NAVIGATOR
Son of Portugal’s King

7. Explored the southern tip of Africa
Who was Bartholomeu Dias?
Explored the southern tip of Africa
BARTHOLOMEU DIAS
Portuguese Explorer

8. Who was Vasco da Gama?
Rounded the southern tip of Africa (the Cape of Good Hope)
Made it all the way to India
Found an all water route to Asia
VASCO DA GAMA
Portuguese Explorer

9. Who was Christopher Columbus?
Italian – but sailed for Spain
Wanted to find an all water route to Asia by sailing West
Made a total of four voyages
Never realized he had found a new continent
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
Explorer

10. Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
Portuguese – but sailed for Spain
Sailed around South America
First to CIRCUMNAVIGATE the globe
FERDINAND MAGELLAN Explorer
Sail around the Earth

11. Who were the conquistadors?
Spanish conquerors
FRANCISCO PIZARRO Conquered the Incan Empire
HERNANDO CORTES Conquered the Aztec Empire
Used force to take over islands in the Caribbean, as well as places in Central America, South America, and southwestern North America

12. All sent out explorers in hopes of building an empire for their nation
What nations were competing for empires?
England
France
Spain
The Netherlands
All sent out explorers in hopes of building an empire for their nation

13. Why did Europeans start exploring unknown oceans and seas?
Essential Question
Why did Europeans start exploring unknown oceans and seas?

14. Europeans began exploring unknown oceans and seas