1. Chapter 6 Age of Exploration Question to consider:
What was special about 1492 that allowed Europeans to successfully colonize the New World?

2. Exploration in the 1500’s misconceptions-
sea monsters
flat world

3. Who actually did the exploring?
Spanish
Portuguese

4. When- late 1400’s
What route would you take to Asia via water? (known world at the time)

5. Where- Atlantic Ocean
VS.
Silk Road

6. Why- Gold (spice and middle men)

7. Why- Gold, God
Council of Trent: one of the 3 pillars to reform the church

8. Why- Gold, God and Glory
Give each picture an emotional tag: one word only

9. What- Technology made it possible to be consistently successful in trips to the new world.
Caravel (triangular sails and hull shape)
VS.

10. What- Technology made it possible to be consistently successful in trips to the new world.
Relative Location
Astrolabe (thanks crusades) VS

11. What- Technology made it possible to be consistently successful in trips to the new world.
Cartography
Navigation schools
Prince Henry of Portugal

12. Claiming the New World

13. Indigenous Native Empires
Both will be wiped out by the early conquistadors

14. Bow and Arrow (tooth/stone)
Deadliest Warrior
Weapons of choice:
(Aztec)
Shark-tooth Sword
Bow and Arrow (tooth/stone)
Hide- Buckler
Animal Skin Armor
Weapons of Choice:
(Conquistador)
Steel Sword
Crude Fire Arms
Metal Armor (vitals)
Horse

15. Secret of Cortez
11 ships, 500 soldiers, 13 horses, few cannons, guns, and personal weapons
Quetzalcoatl legend (52 years, appearance, arrival from the sea, strange items/powers)
Hatred of dominated tribes
Invited into Tenotitchilan
Small Pox strikes (before and during Cortez)

16. Pizarro : Conqueror of the Incas
- Destroyed the Incan Empire in
- Brought 200 men and similar weapons as Cortez
- Nothing left of the Incan Empire except buildings,
artifacts, etc.

17. What pattern do we see emerging when Europeans come into contact with Natives of the New World?

18. Proof : Circumnavigation is possible

19. The Slave Trade Pros of Natives Cons Pros of Africans Cons
Already there
Easily conquered/controlled
Cons
Escape Risk
Die too rapidly
No knowledge of farming
(European style)
Pros of Africans
Used to demands of
Farming life
2. Resistant to European disease
3. Less of an escape risk
Cons
Expense of transporting

20. Triangular Trade

21. The Middle Passage
Left the slave port after being sold into slavery by fellow Africans.
Africans were treated as product (i.e. similar to cattle)

22. Why were slaves needed?
2) Originally, sugar plantations but expands to all types of cash crops.
1) No farm technology, so labor intensive.

23. Columbian Biological Exchange