1. Exploration
What were the reasons for and impact of European exploration?
Does exploration always produce positive changes?

2. Early Exploration-Interacting with New Cultures
When Europeans began to explore the seas in the late 1400s they came in contact with many new peoples, places, and things.
What can happen when cultures meet? Economically? Politically? Socially?

3. IMAGINE you are one of the Spaniards or Native Americans pictured here……

4. Explorers and their Purpose for Exploring
Investigate chapter 15, section 1: The Search for Spices to discover:
The purpose of early exploration
New technologies
Major early Explorers (such as Columbus!)
Areas explored/’discovered’ by Europeans

5. The Search for Spices- A review
Demand for trade goods in Europe
Most valued were spices such as cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and pepper.
What were they used for?
Sought a direct route to the riches of Asia

6. New Techniques and Technologies
Cartographers Caravel Astrolabe

7. Explorers for Portugal
Henry the Navigator
Bartholomeu Dias
Vasco Da Gama
*Travel around Africa to get to Asia

8. Early explorers

9. Columbus Sails West Financed by Spain (though he was Italian)
They wanted new sources of wealth (GOLD)
They wanted to spread Christianity (GOD)

10. Splitting up the New World
*Line of Demarcation: dividing line between Portugal and Spain

11. Circumnavigating the Globe
Magellan attempted to sail around the world.
Spice trade role playing