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Name: ___________________________________
Lecture, reading/chapter/novel/article
during class, power point, movies (if need
to collect info.)
Topic: Exploration
Class: _________________ Period: ________
and
Date: ____________________________
Discovery
Essential Question:
1) What motivated these explorers to seek out and make discoveries
2) What changes in technology aided the age of exploration
3) How did the Spanish and Portuguese lead the way during the age of Exploration
4) What empires existed in the Americas and how were they destroyed by the Spanish
Conquistadors
5) What were the long term effects of exploration on the old and new worlds
6) What is the Columbian Exchange
Questions/Main Ideas:
Notes:
1. Desire for wealth and power. (_________)
 European explorers hoped to find
riches in distant countries and to
discover a ______________________.
 Search for _________ (nutmeg, ginger,
cloves, cinnamon, pepper, etc.) and
____________ goods (silk, gold, silver,
jewels, ivory, porcelains, tea, etc.) from
___________ and the ___________.
2. Religious aims. (____________)
 Europeans hoped to spread _________
to people throughout the world and to
drive ____________ out of other lands.
3. Renaissance spirit.(______________)
 Europeans adventurers wanted to test
the limits of human ability and to
explore the unknown. Discover far
away places and settle in the new lands.
Summary:
Improvements in technology.
 Europeans began to build stronger,
faster sailing ships (______________, a
ship with two sails one each for
running with the wind and for sailing
into the wind.)
 The hull design was improved
and could ride out ocean storms.
 They could also put __________
on the decks of these ships).
 They developed better navigational
instruments (________________, could
tell north and south (Latitude) of the
equator by the position of the stars
 magnetic ___________________, told
direction accurately)
 more ____________________ with the
discovery of how to find the ________.
 Sailors learned more about geography (longitude,
latitude, new places, etc.) and improved navigation.
Summary:
• The Portuguese built __________________ and
___________ posts in West Africa and many made
Africa their home.
• Prince ________ of Portugal organized a school for
navigation at _____________, Portugal and taught
_____________ how to develop and apply the new
____________ innovations.
• The Portuguese discovered a sea route to _______.
• Bartholomew ___________ traveled to the Cape of
___________________ at the tip of Africa. (1488)
• ________________ was the first European to reach
the Americas. (1492)
• Vasco ________________ discovered the route to
___________ and back 27,000 miles (1497-1499)
• The Line of ________________ was established to
prevent disputes over newly discovered lands in the
America’s.
• The _____________ line was drawn north to south,
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through the Atlantic Ocean.
___________ was given possession of lands west
of that line, while _________________ could claim
lands to the east of the line. (1493)
Treaty of ___________________ moved the line of
Demarcation west. _________________ received
____________ as a colony. (1494)
Fernando _________________ crew sailed around
the ______________ (1519-1522)
He died in the ___________________ and his crew
finished the trip around the world.
Summary:
The Aztec Empire
• Became the greatest empire of Mesoamerica
• Located around the ________________________
(Present Day Mexico City)
• 1200 -1521 AD, originally called the Mexica took
over the Valley of Mexico.
• Founded city ____________________ (Capital).
• 5-15 million people.
• Religion very important (polytheistic).
• Worshipped the Sun God.
• ____________________ every day.
Inca Empire
• Largest Empire in the Americas.
• Located mainly in the Andes.
• Capital was _____________ in Southern Peru.
• 1438, Emperor Pachacuti concurred all of Peru and
spread out the kingdom.
• Around 16 million people.
• Used a type of Socialist government.
• 14,000 miles of road built.
• No writing system.
• Machu Picchu
The Conquests of Mexico and Peru
• Hernando ______________landed on the shores of
_____________ with his ___________________
• He claimed the land for _______________.
• Cortés and 600 men reached the Aztec capital of
______________________
• By 1521, they had conquered the _____________
empire and captured ____________________.
• Conquest was aided by superior ______________
and Native American allies.
• European ____________________ wipe out large
numbers of Aztecs
• Francisco __________________, marched a small
force into South America.
• He conquered _____________ and the _________
Empire.(1532)
Summary:
Long Term Effects
• European nations competed to establish _________
in the Americas
• They expanded their wealth and power. (Gold and
Glory)
• Europe established _______ trade with _________.
• The ______________trade expanded.
• ____________________ killed most of the native
population in the Americas and created a need for
workers.
• _____________ provided a quick and available
solution to the need for workers.
• In 1540, about ___________ slaves per year were
brought to the Americans.
• In the 1700’s there were about _____________
slaves per year.
Triangular Trade Route
• A network of trading between Europe, Africa, and
the ___________ made the _____________ Trade
Route.
• The Europeans traded goods to traders on the west
coast of ____________ in exchange for captured
Africans.
• These Africans were then transported across the
Atlantic to the West ____________ and merchants
brought goods produced back to ______________.
Columbia Exchange
• The ______________ Exchange, the __________
transfer of plants, animals, ______________, and
food brought together the Eastern and Western
hemispheres and touched, in some way, nearly all
the people of the world.
Summary:
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