1. Age of Exploration
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2. Age of Exploration
Time period: between the early 15th century until the 17th century
(1400s-1600s)
Led to discoveries in the Americas, Africa, and Asia
16th Century Astrolabe

3. Main Motivations for Exploration
Get Rich (Gold)
Honor (Glory)
Spread Christianity (God)
Called the 3 G’s
Portuguese Caravel

4. Reasons for Exploration
Europeans wanted a route around Africa into the Indian Ocean
Supply and Demand High demand for Asian silks & spices
Set up colonies
Portuguese Caravel

5. Pope Urban II: Ordered the 1st Crusade
Role of Religion
Crusades: Holy wars between in which various popes sent forces to capture the Holy Land from Muslim Turks
Pope: Leader of the Roman Catholic Church
Pope Urban II: Ordered the 1st Crusade

6. Role of Religion
Crusades exposed Europeans to new technologies and products.
Exposure to arts and sciences led to better ships and the drawing of better maps
Europeans spread Christianity wherever they went
Contributed to the expansion of the empires of Portugal, Spain, England, and France.

7. Portugal Located on Atlantic Coast Led the way in European exploration
Portugal is on which physical feature of Europe?

8. Advancements in Navigation
Compass
Cross Staff
Astrolabe
Caravel
How do you learn about these advancements?

9. Prince Henry the Navigator
Portuguese prince
Established a school for navigation, cartography, and shipbuilding
Set up colonies in Africa

10. Possible site of the school of navigation
Established a school of navigation at Sagres, Portugal
Cartography: Mapmaking
Possible site of the school of navigation

11. Colony Labor Colony Market
Natural Resources
Labor
Colony: territory controlled by people from a foreign land
Mercantilism: Use of colonies to increase a nations wealth by gaining access to labor and natural resources

12. Portuguese Empire
Time Period/Routes: 15th century: led the world in sea exploration and explored the western coast of Africa
Motivation: find a trade route around Africa to Asia
Important People
Prince Henry
Portuguese prince
Established a school for navigation, cartography, and shipbuilding
Set up colonies in Africa

13. Portuguese Empire Empires/Territory Most profitable: Brazil
Brazil was a Portuguese colony until 1822
Mainly set up trading posts

15. Spanish Empire
Time Period/Routes: 15th Century: Spanish explorers were searching for a trade route through or around North & South America to Asia
Motivation: Wanted to find a quicker route to the gold & spices in Asia.
Other Motivations:
Looking for gold & spices
Used missionaries to convert natives to Christianity

16. Spanish Empire Empire Territories
Ruled huge amounts of territory in North and South America for 300 years
Philippines in Asia

17. British Empire Time Period: 17th Century
British empire was the largest in history
Motivation: Used colonies such as Australia and Georgia as penal (prison) colonies to relieve overcrowded jails in England

18. British Empire Empire Territories
controlled: Canada, Australia, India, much of Africa, and numerous islands

19. French Empire
Time Period: French possessed colonies around the world from 1600 to 1900
Motivation: Imperialism.

20. French Empire Empire Territories
The French Empire consisted of colonies in North America, Asia, and the West Indies
The French lost many of these to Britain, but it still controlled part of Asia, North America and eventually parts of West Africa