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'''Aim:''' What were the results of the Age of Exploration?

'''Do Now:''' Name the four important turning points within the Renaissance?

'''Lesson Overview:'''

{| {{table}}
| align="left" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Item'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Approx Time'''
|-
| Do Now||3-5 Min
|-
| Mini Lesson||15-20 Min
|-
| Activity||15 Min
|-
| Discussion||5-7 Min
|-
|}
'''Background'''

The resurgence of trade following the Middle Ages in Europe resulted in a demand for goods from Asia. Trade routes were established across the Mediterranean and through the Middle East to handle this need. But, when the expansion of the Ottoman Empire caused disruption along these routes, Europeans were forced to seek alternative ways of importing these goods. This led to the exploration of water routes to Asia, and eventually the discovery of the Americas by the Europeans.

== Exploration for Trade ==

[[image:exploration.jpg|500x500px]]

'''Exploration'''

In the early 1400s, Europeans began exploring the west coast of Africa in search of an all water route to Asia. These early explorations were led by the Portuguese. In 1488, Bartholomeu Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa. In 1498, Vasco Da Gama established an all water route to India. The success of these explorations led Spain to begin its own voyages. In 1492, Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic Ocean and discovered the Americas for Spain. These discoveries had a lasting impact on Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.

== Development of Colonies ==

[[image:imperialismnewworld.jpg]]

'''Imperialism'''

European nations competed for colonies across the globe. These colonies were exploited for their raw materials, and used as new markets for European goods. Europeans had little regard for most of the indigenous peoples of these areas, and as a result, there was great loss of life and culture. Also, because of the need for a reliable labor source, slaves were transported from Africa to the Americas in large numbers.

== The Columbian Exchange ==

[[image:columbianexchange.jpg]]

'''Columbian Exchange'''

The Age of Exploration is a turning point in history because it altered the way people lived across the world. The biggest aspect of this change deals with the exchange of people, plants, animals, ideas, and technology. This is known as the Columbian Exchange, because it starts with Columbus. While many aspects of this exchange had positive effects, such as the exchange of foods between Europe and America, there were also negative effects, such as the exchange of diseases between Europe and America.

{| class="wikitable" border="2"
|+ The Columbian Exchange
! From Europe to the New World !! From the New World to Europe
|-
|
* wheat
* sugar
* bananas
* rice
* grapes
* horses
* pigs
* cattle
* sheep
* chickens
* smallpox
* measles
* typhus
||
* corn
* potato
* beans
* peanuts
* squash
* pumpkin
* tomatoes
* avocados
* chili pepper
* pineapple
* cocoa
* tobacco
* quinine (a medicine for malaria)
|-
|}

== Technology for Exploration ==

[[image:reasonsexploration.jpg]]

== The Explorers ==

<table border="1" cellspacing="1" width="99%">
<tr>
<td width="18%"><big><strong>Date</strong></big></td>
<td width="19%"><big><strong>Explorer</strong></big></td>

<td width="20%"><big><strong>Nationality</strong></big></td>
<td width="43%"><big><strong>Achievement</strong></big></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="18%">Around 1000</td>
<td width="19%">Leif Ericson </td>
<td width="20%">Norse</td>

<td width="43%">First European to reach North American Mainland</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="18%">1271-1295</td>
<td width="19%">Marco Polo </td>
<td width="20%">Italian</td>
<td width="43%">Traveled to the Far East, to what was known then as Cathay or China-Made
men want to travel there through his book</td>

</tr>
<tr>
<td width="18%">1394-1460</td>
<td width="19%">Prince Henry </td>
<td width="20%">Portuguese</td>
<td width="43%">Created navigation school in Sagres, Portugal Explored the western African
coastline</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td width="18%">1487-1488</td>
<td width="19%">Bartholomeu Dias </td>
<td width="20%">Portuguese</td>
<td width="43%">First European to round the Cape of Good Hope</td>
</tr>
<tr>

<td width="18%">1492-1504</td>
<td width="19%">Christopher
Columbus </td>
<td width="20%">Italian</td>
<td width="43%">Made 4 voyages to "The New World" - West Indies and Caribbean Islands</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="18%">1497-1503</td>

<td width="19%">Amerigo Vespucci </td>
<td width="20%">Italian</td>
<td width="43%">Sailed to West Indies and South America (the Americas are named after him)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="18%">1497-1498</td>
<td width="19%">John Cabot </td>

<td width="20%">Italian</td>
<td width="43%">Explored the shores of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Labrador</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="18%">1498</td>
<td width="19%">Vasco Da Gama </td>
<td width="20%">Portuguese</td>

<td width="43%">First to travel to West Indies around Africa</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="18%">1513</td>
<td width="19%">Vasco de
Balboa </td>
<td width="20%">Spanish</td>
<td width="43%">Led expedition across Panama and found the Pacific Ocean</td>

</tr>
<tr>
<td width="18%">1513</td>
<td width="19%">Juan Ponce de Leon</td>
<td width="20%">Spanish</td>
<td width="43%">Explored Florida looking for the Fountain of Youth</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td width="18%">1520-1521</td>
<td width="19%">Ferdinand
Magellan </td>
<td width="20%">Portuguese</td>
<td width="43%">Commanded first globe circling voyage</td>
</tr>
<tr>

<td width="18%">1519-1521</td>
<td width="19%">Hernando
Cortez </td>
<td width="20%">Spanish</td>
<td width="43%">Conquered Aztecs in Mexico</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="18%">1523</td>

<td width="19%">Giovanni
da Verranzano </td>
<td width="20%">Italian</td>
<td width="43%">Searched for a Northwest Passage</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="18%">1523-1535</td>
<td width="19%">Francisco
Pizarro </td>

<td width="20%">Spanish</td>
<td width="43%">Conquered Peru and the Inca Civilization</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="18%">1534-1542</td>
<td width="19%">Jacques
Cartier </td>
<td width="20%">French</td>

<td width="43%">Traveled St. Lawrence River</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="18%">1539-1541</td>
<td width="19%">Hernando De
Soto </td>
<td width="20%">Spanish</td>
<td width="43%">Explored American Southeast-Discovered the Mississippi River</td>

</tr>
<tr>
<td width="18%">1540-1542</td>
<td width="19%">Francisco
Vazquez de Coronado </td>
<td width="20%">Spanish</td>
<td width="43%">Explored American Southwest</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td width="18%">1577-1580</td>
<td width="19%">Sir Frances
Drake </td>
<td width="20%">English</td>
<td width="43%">First English to sail around the world-Defeated the Spanish Armada-
Claimed California for England</td>
</tr>
<tr>

<td width="18%">1603-1616</td>
<td width="19%">Samuel de
Champlain </td>
<td width="20%">French</td>
<td width="43%">Explored eastern coast of North America and the coast of the St. Lawrence
River to Lake Huron-Reached Lake Champlain</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="18%">1609-1611</td>

<td width="19%">Henry Hudson </td>
<td width="20%">English</td>
<td width="43%">Explored Hudson Bay, Hudson River, and Hudson Strait</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="18%">1672</td>
<td width="19%">Father
Marquette and Louis Joliet </td>

<td width="20%">French</td>
<td width="43%">Explored Northern  Mississippi River</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="18%">1682</td>
<td width="19%">Robert
LaSalle </td>

<td width="20%">French</td>
<td width="43%">Traveled to the mouth of the Mississippi River and claimed it for France</td>
</tr>
</table>

== Results of the Age of Exploration ==

'''Results:'''

The Age of Discovery & Exploration changed the world. Access to new and better foods allowed the European population to grow, and access to the New World gave these people a place to go. New World civilizations such as the Inca and Aztecs, faced near total destruction of their cultures either through disease brought by the Europeans, or by colonization. Africa faced a diaspora, or forced movement of its people, as slavery became the dominant labor force in the Americas. The Age of Exploration was both a positive and negative experience for many civilizations.

== Classwork & Homework ==

'''Lesson PowerPoint:''' [http://www.mysocialstudiesteacher.com/wiki/images/3/33/Explorationtechnology.pptx Age of Exploration - Technology]

'''Classwork:''' [http://www.mysocialstudiesteacher.com/wiki/images/f/f6/Explorationtechactivity.pdf Age of Exploration Activity Worksheet]

'''Homework:''' Work on Turning Points Project

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