Age of Discovery
California State Standards for Exploration:
Students analyze political and economic change in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries (the Age of Exploration, the Enlightenment, and the Age of Reason).
Know the great voyages of discovery, the locations of the routes, and the influence of cartography in the development of a new European worldview.
Discuss the exchanges of plants, animals, technology, culture, and ideas among Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and the major economic and social effects on each continent.
Examine the origins of modern capitalism; the influence of mercantilism and cottage industry; the elements and importance of a market economy in seventeenth-century Europe; the changing international trading and marketing patterns, including their locations on a world map; and the influence of explorers and map makers.
Study Guide Age of Exploration Quiz Friday 12/20
Who were they and what did they do?
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus
Prince Henry the Navigator
Vasco de Gama
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinad
Terms:
Cartography
Colonies
Columbian Exchange
Capitalism
Mercantilism
Treaty of Tordesillas --which countries were involved?
What were the goals of European exploration?
Why did European monarchs want a sea route to Asia?
Which advance in technology has made it easier for explorers to sail through shallow water?
What were the main goals of Spanish conquistadors?
Describe the negative impact of exploration on the indigenous peoples
What was the 1st problem when it came to exploration? Think of what Columbus needed
Why did Europeans travel to the Americas?
How did Portugal come to dominate trade in the Indian Ocean in the 16th century?
Who was Bartolomé de las Casas? Why was he famous?
Which 2 countries had the big rivalry during the Age of Exploration?
What continents were considered Old World? New World?
Why did Ferdinand and Isabelle sponsor Columbus' voyage?
How did the Age of Exploration lead to the African slave trade?
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