1. Do Now
What reasons would you leave the comfort of the world around you for a new land? List examples of things worth exploring.

2. The Age of Exploration

3. Vocabulary
Mercantilism – 17th century economic principle: the prosperity of a nation depended on a large supply of gold and silver
Imperialism – the extension of a nation’s power over other lands
Colonialism - the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country or territory, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically

4. Vocabulary (cont.)
Tributary system - Chinese network of trade and foreign relations between China and East Asia, which for over a 1,000 years drove the economy in the region
Viceroy – a governor who ruled as a representative of a monarch
Columbian Exchange - a period of cultural and biological exchanges between the New and Old Worlds

5. Vocabulary (cont.)
Pathogens - a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease
Topography - the art or science of making maps that show the height, shape, etc.

6. Do Now
“These people are very unskilled in arms…with 50 men they could be all subjected and made to do all that one wished.”
-Christopher Columbus
1. Who is Columbus referring to in this quote?
2. What events does this quote foreshadow?
3. Do you think Columbus and his men had the right to do this? Explain.

7. European Expansion Expanded beyond the Eastern hemisphere
Increased technological advancements
Created shorter routes to familiar areas
Portugal and Spain led the way
Motives:
Economic: Trade
Discovery of gold and silver
Spread religion to the rest of the world
Gain power
“God, Glory, Gold”

8. Discussion Points
Which explorer would you consider to have been the most successful and why?
Why do you think it was important for Europeans at the time to convert others to their religion? Do you think this is fair?