1. …Is an Age of Discovery: ANOTHER REVOLUTION OF THE RENAISSANCE ERA!
The age of Exploration
…Is an Age of Discovery:
ANOTHER REVOLUTION OF THE RENAISSANCE ERA!

2. Essential Question #1: what did the age of Exploration lead to?

3. Here we see different explorers like Cabot from England, Cartier from France, Magellen from Spain, and of course Columbus and Corte’s from Spain, as well, all set sail for the New World to discover what is there.

4. What is the columbian exchange?
It’s the name for the system of trade between Europe and the Americas in which plants, animals, religion, and disease was brought from Europe to the Americas while many plants, animals and from the Americas were also brought to Europe, Africa, and Asia.

5. Columbian Exchange Overview
Brain Pop Columbian Exchange: (7 minutes) Hip Hughes Columbian Exchange Explained (11minutes)
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6. Characteristics of the America’s prior to European conquest
Essential Question #2: what do you guys think was there (in the Americas)?
Characteristics of the America’s prior to European conquest
-flourishing economic centers
-polytheistic faiths
-thriving cultures
Think about the civilizations of the Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas

7. Essential Question #3 What is it called when a foreign nation moves in and establishes their Government in another land?
Colonization

8. Essential Question #4 What factors may contribute to Colonization
Need for resources
Overpopulation
Opportunity for wealth
Technological Advancement

9. Overall Essential Question #5
How does the Columbian Exchange impact the environment, governments, and societies of both Europe and the Americas?