Today’s Guiding Questions

8/23/16

1.Who were the major countries involved in expansion?

2.Where did Europeans expand to?

3. Flocabulary: https://www.flocabulary.com/topics/modern-world-history/

Notes: 7-1.1

Europeans were not the first explorers!

Islamic merchants explored the Indian Ocean & started the Asian

spice trade.

Why did Europeans want to explore?

Gold – merchants wanted a quick and easy route to Asia.

They wanted the riches of the Pacific without dealing

with Muslims and Italians.

Glory – Kings who sponsored these explorations wanted

status and increased their political standing in the

European world

God – European Christians wanted to spread

Christianity and stop Islam from spreading

European Explorers and their Routes

What was the Colombian Exchange? The exchange of goods, customs, resources, and diseases between Europe and

the New World.

What was the Triangular Trade? The trade of raw materials, goods, and slaves between Europe,

Africa, and the Americas.

What was the Treaty of Tordesillas? A treaty between Spain and Portugal to divide up claims. Portugal kept Brazil and all trading rights in Asia and Spain claimed the rest

of Latin America.

Activity

Mapping European Expansion

Instructions are on your desks!

Exit Ticket 1. What was the Colombian

Exchange/Triangular Trade Route?

2. Where did Spain and Portugal primarily expand?

3. What was the Treaty of Tordesillas?

Exit Ticket 1. Where did France and Britain expand?

2. Where did the Netherlands expand?

3. What reasons did the mother countries have for expanding?

Homework: - Read, highlight, and take notes on 1.1 -

- Study notes from today’s lesson on 1.1-