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• Read the biography of Christopher Columbus.

• Highlight the answers to the questions as you read.

• Be prepared to answer the questions when we review.

Age of Exploration: Explorers

NEXT TIME/SOON: Explorers Chart

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Describe the process of exploration to colonization.

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LanguageSocial Studies

• Define: Colony, Mercantilism.• Write a summary of Columbus’

“discovery” of the Americas.

• Identify the early explorers, where they are from, the route they took and their significance to exploration.

• Explain the concept of Mercantilism and how it applies to Colonization.

Bartholomeu Dias

Bartholomeu Dias

Came From: PortugalWorked For: Portugal

He led the first expedition to sail around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope to get to India.

Dias did NOT go any further and returned to Portugal.

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

Came From: ItalyWorked For: Spain

He sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, hoping to find a route to India. Columbus “discovered” the Americas.

Vasco da Gama

Vasco da Gama

Came From: PortugalWorked For: Portugal

He discovered an ocean route from Portugal to India around the Cape of Good Hope (Africa).

This voyage gave Portugal a direct route to India and the spice trade.

Amerigo Vespucci

Amerigo Vespucci

Came From: ItalyWorked For: Portugal

One of the first explorers to recognize that the places he visited were not part of Asia,

but rather a “New World”. Vespucci explored eastern South and North

America.

Ferdinand Magellan

Ferdinand Magellan

Came From: SpainWorked For: Spain

Led the first European expedition to circumnavigate the globe. However, Magellan was killed during the voyage

in the Philippines. Through this expedition, Spain claimed the Philippines

as part of its empire.

Jacques Cartier

Jacques Cartier

Came From: FranceWorked For: France

French explorer who led three expeditions to Canada in 1535.

Sir Francis Drake

Sir Francis Drake

Came From: EnglandWorked For: England

British Explorer who led second expedition to circumnavigate the globe. He lived through the trip!

Drake also led the English fleet when Britain defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588 for Queen Elizabeth.

Treaty of Tordesillas

• A line that was agreed upon by the Spanish and Portuguese to clear up any confusion on the newly claimed land in the New World.

• Spain had control of territories to the West, Portugal had territories to the East.

The process of Exploration to Colonization

Explorers Conquistadors Missionaries Settlers

Colonies

• Europeans wanted colonies for their resources and as markets to sell products.

• More colonies = more $

• More colonies = more GLORY

COLONYLand controlled by far away country to help it become wealthy and powerful

MercantilismBelief that wealth equals power

– Wealth is measured by gold and silver– Gold & Silver are mined OR come from trade– Spain took a lot of gold & silver from the New

World

““A colony exists to A colony exists to serve serve its parent country.”its parent country.”

The parent gets rich from gold & silver

The parent gets rich from gold & silver

The parent gets rich from exporting more

than it imports

The parent gets rich from gold & silver

The parent gets rich from exporting more

than it imports

The parent gets rich from taking raw

materials from the colony …

The parent gets rich from gold & silver

The parent gets rich from exporting more

than it imports

The parent gets rich from taking raw

materials from the colony …

And selling the goods it makes back to the

colony!

MERCANTILISM

Economic system that helped a country become wealthy and powerful by getting a lot of gold and silver and selling more goods than they bought

Magnet Summary

Christopher Columbus

“discovered” the Americas

West

DestructionNative people

Asia

1. Write a topic sentence.2. Write detail sentences to cover facts in chronologic order. Use the words in

the corners in your sentences.