1. Why? New innovations Explorers Effect of exploration

2. Why did Europeans travel to Asia?
God: wanted to convert the natives to Christianity
Glory: wanted a spirit of adventure
Gold: find spices & silks without paying Arab & Italian merchants; become wealthy

3. New Innovations that made exploration possible
Compass: showed the direction
Astrolabe: used the sun to get a ship’s latitude
Lateen (triangular) sails: ships could sail into the wind

4. Exploration and Expansion
What impact did European expansion have on the conquerors and the conquered?
Plantations were established in the new colonies
Columbian Exchange began: exchange of plants & animals between the Old and New Worlds – advance the economies of both worlds
Increase in international trade

5. Explorers/Discovery Marco Polo Christopher Columbus John Cabot
Amerigo Vespucci
Juan Ponce de Leon
Hernan Cortes
Ferdinand Magellan
Samuel de Champlain
Henry Hudson
Zheng He
Asia
Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola
New England coastline
South American coast
Florida
Mexico
Sailed around the world
Great Lakes & Quebec
Hudson River & Bay
SE Asia, India, East Africa

6. Africa in an Age of Transition
Economic/Political Causes
Market for African slaves in the Middle East
Planting of sugarcane in the New World
Demand for slaves increased
Economic/Political Effects
Depopulation in some areas
Increased warfare and violence

7. Triangular trade Europe Africa Americas
Sail to West Africa with iron, cloth, weapons
Africa
Trade their goods for the slaves; travel along the Middle Passage to the Americas
Americas
Slaves would be traded for sugar, molasses, tobacco, fish, flour, wood, indigo, iron & taken back to Europe to be made into manufactured goods

9. Triangular Trade Route (know this)

10. Caravel ship

11. Astrolabe

12. Columbus

13. Magellan

14. Champlain

15. Da Gama

16. Zheng He

17. Southeast Asia in the Era of the Spice Trade
How did the power shift from the Portuguese to the Dutch in the control of the spice trade?
Dutch came to SE Asia & pushed the Portuguese out because they had more money. Dutch merchants also pushed out English traders.

18. Southeast Asia in the Era of the Spice Trade
What were the 4 types of political systems that developed in Southeast Asia?
Buddhist kings: Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia
Javanese kings: Java
Islamic sultans: Malay Peninsula, Indonesian Archipelago
Vietnamese emperors: Vietnam