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The Age of Exploration: Discoveries and Consequences

Explore the motives, advancements, and impact of 15th-century global exploration, from spices to conquests, technology to trade routes, and cultural exchanges. Discover how individuals and empires shaped the world through exploration.

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The Age of Exploration: Discoveries and Consequences

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  1. Chapter 16 Notes #1-15 The Age of Exploration Page 446

  2. 1. Why did people explore the world in the 15th century? • Spices • Religion • Curiosity

  3. 2. What advances in technology helped sailors at sea? • Astrolabe • Compass • Accurate Maps • Caravel Ships

  4. 3. How did Henry the Navigator contribute to exploration? • Built Observatory • Navigation School • Sponsored Voyages

  5. 4. Which explorer found a sea route to Asia? • Vasco de Gama

  6. 5. Who was the first explorer to circumnavigate (go all the way around) the world? • Ferdinand Magellan

  7. 6. What empires did Cortes and Pizarro conquer? • Aztec and Inca

  8. 7. What were the effects of the defeat of the Spanish Armada? • Saved England from invasion • Spain no longer ruled the seas • England gained power

  9. Sea route to Asia • Americas • Route around the world

  10. 8. What was the Columbian Exchange? • Exchange of plants, animals, and ideas between America and Europe

  11. 9. What cultural changes did Europeans bring to places they conquered? • Religion • Language • Technology

  12. 10. Who was forced to work plantations? • American Indians • African Slaves

  13. Old World and New World plants and animals are exchanged. • European languages and Christianity are spread. • European technologies are spread. • Plantation economies develop based on forced labor and slavery.

  14. 11. What is mercantilism? • Government controls all economic activity

  15. 12. What was the Cottage Industry? • Family members worked in their homes to make part of a product

  16. 13. What was the triangular trade? • Trade of products and slaves between Europe, Africa, and America

  17. 14. Increased trade created a need for what? • Banks

  18. 15. What is capitalism? • Individuals and private businesses run economy and industries

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