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Chapter 1, Section 2An Age of Exploration
p. 12-19
European exploration and conquest has far-reaching effects on the world.
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Section Focus Question
How did European exploration link the Americas to other parts
of the world?
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What was America like before the Age of Exploration?
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The “New World” in the 1400s: (The Americas)
• Incas (So. America)
• Aztecs (Meso-America)
• Plains Indians• Iroquois and
Algonquian (Northeast)
Main Idea: Before 1492, American civilizations were cut off from the closely linked lands of Africa, Asia, and Europe.
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The “Old World” in the 1400s(Europe, Africa, Asia)
Main Idea: Before 1492, American civilizations were cut off from the closely linked lands of Africa, Asia, and Europe.
“Old World” Trade Routes
• Crusades: lead to growth of trade between Europe and the Middle East
• Renaissance: Europeans rediscover Greek and Roman ideas forgotten in the Middle “Dark” Ages.
• Black Plague wipes out 1/3 of population of Europe.
• Silk Road allows Muslim merchants to bring goods from the East (Asia and China)
• China sends Zheng He to explore outside world
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Europe Begins to ExploreMain Idea: Europeans began to explore the oceans because they wanted to trade with the lands of Asia.
• Why did they explore?• Europeans desire luxury
goods from the East $$$• Advances in technology spur
exploration for economic gain $$$– Shipbuilding: caravels– Cartographers make newer
more accurate maps– The astrolabe allows ships to
sail outside the sight of land
• New trade routes needed! – To break Italian and Muslim
monopolies on goods from the East $$$
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Columbus Reaches the AmericasMain Idea: By sailing westward across the Atlantic Ocean, Columbus brought Europe and the Americas into contact.
• Italian sailor convinces Spanish monarchs to finance trip to Asia by sailing West
• “Discovers” America October 12, 1492– He was really lost. (He thought
he was in the East Indies.)
• Beginning of the Spanish Empire, starts colonies (p. 14)
• Topples native empires• Brings Christianity &
“civilization” – Exploits natural resources and
native populations (people)
Columbus “discovers” America
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The Columbian ExchangeMain Idea: The voyages of Columbus started a worldwide exchange of products and ideas.
• New Products & Ideas: crops like potatoes, corn, and tobacco. New medical treatments with herbs & plants. New religious beliefs & governments.
• DISEASE - European diseases wipe out entire Native American populations.– Within 75 yrs. of Columbus’ arrival 90% of people of Caribbean Islands & Mexico are dead.
• Growth of Slavery: with the loss of native labor, Europeans look to African slaves to work the plantations (large estate farms) and mines.
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Section Focus QuestionQ: How did European exploration affect the Americas and other parts of the world?A: European exploration resulted in the Columbian Exchange (an exchange of goods and ideas), linking the Americas to Europe and Asia.