1. Causes of the Age of Exploration
Name ___________________
Causes of the Age of Exploration
EQ:
1. God
2. Gold
New Technologies make
Exploration Possible
Reasons to Explore: The 4 Gs
3. Glory
4. Goods

2. Name ___________________ Who were the Explorers
EQ:
Why Explore?
Christopher Columbus
John Cabot
Vasco de Gama
Ponce de Leon
Magellan

3. Name ___________________ Who were the Explorers
EQ:

4. Causes of the Age of Exploration
Name ___________________
Causes of the Age of Exploration
EQ:
1. God
______________________sends out missionaries (________________)
Need to get new ________________ since Protestant Reformation
Spread its _________________
Protestant nations like ________________________ will do the same
2. Gold
Governments in _________________
wanted more _______________ and
__________________
They thought the New World may be
rich in those
_________________________metals
New Technologies make
Exploration Possible
Caravel - ________________ and sturdier ____________
More accurate _____________
Astrolabe – determine a ship’s __________________
Reasons to Explore: The 4 Gs
3. Glory
Monarchies desired more
__________________and power, so
they _____________________ with
one another
Goal: to ___________________
their nation’s __________________
Larger ___________________ =
more glory
4. Goods
Trade from _____________ had
shown what
______________________were out
there
Nutmeg, _________________, silk,
fabrics, _________________,
pepper, etc…

5. The Explorers EQ: The Explorers Name ___________________
Problem for Trade
Solution
Vasco Da Gama
Amerigo Vespucci
The Explorers
Christopher Columbus
John Cabot
Impact of Discovery

6. Age of Exploration: Global Interaction, Part I
Name ___________________
Age of Exploration: Global Interaction, Part I
EQ:
Columbian Exchange
Triangle Trade
The Middle Passage/ Slave Trade
Read the article and answer the questions
Foods from Europe to the New World include:
Foods from the New World to Europe include:
What diseases did Europeans bring to the Americas?
Read the article and answer the questions
According to countries like England, why did colonies exist?
How as power measured during the Age of Exploration?
Explain what is wrong with Triangle Trade
Read the article and answer the questions
Where were most of the slaves being taken?
According to the slave’s account, what happened on the journey from Africa?
Why do you think the slaves were packed together so tight?

7. Age of Exploration: Global Interaction, Part II
Name ___________________
Age of Exploration: Global Interaction, Part II
EQ:
Encomienda and Racism
Mercantilism
Overall Impact of Exploration
Read the article and answer the questions
What happened to Natives and Africans under the Encomienda?
Draw the Caste System in Latin America:
Read the article and answer the questions
Define imports and exports:
Imports –
Exports –
What did colonial powers such as England export and import?
What is capitalism according to this
article?
Exploration Quiz
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