Chapter 2 Section 1:Age of Exploration, pgs.

36-41

EQ: WHAT WERE THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF EUROPEAN EXPLORATION OF THE AMERICAS?Focus Q:How did the search for a water route to Asia affect both Europe and the Americas?

Section 1: The Age of Exploration.

Chapter key termsDate: 10/2/13Bellwork (right side)1. Columbian Exchange = An exchange of

products, ideas, and people between the Eastern and Western hemisphere.

2. Vikings = European sea going people who were the first to explore the North America.

3. Francisco Coronado = Spanish explorer. searched for fabled golden cities in North America unsuccessfully.

(L) Causes of European Explorationturn notebook sideways

Date:Section 2. 1: Write causes and effects of European Exploration, slides 5

Causes1. ________________________________2. Amerigo realizes that Columbus discovered a new continent.3. Magellan wants to find passage to Asia

4. Balboa hacks his way through Panama

4. New crops and animals were found in the Americas that do not exist in the Eastern Hemisphere.

Effects1. Columbus discovers America2. Europe continues to find a route to Asia. Spain continue to explore and colonize.3. ________________________________ and also is the first to ________________

4. The ____________________________. This also brings disease to Native Americans.

**People of Interest: Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus was born in Italy. He wanted to find a shorter route to Asia. Everyone in Europe wanted to find this route because they wanted to trade with Asian market which could Nations rich. He reaches America, but thinks he found the West Indies which is close to Asia.

**Person of Interest: Vasco Nunez de Balboa

He was a Spanish colonist that explored the Caribbean coast of what is mostly Panama today. After hacking his way through the forests, he is the first European to gaze at the Pacific Ocean.

Key Term: Strait

A strait is a narrow passage that connects to bodies of water.

Key Term: Circumnavigate

Circumnavigating is to travel around something.

**Person of Interest: Ferdinand MagellanHe was a Portuguese explorer that wanted to find an Atlantic-Pacific passage to Asia by going south. He moved down South America looking for a strait, a narrow passage to the other side. Finally he found a narrow passage to the other side at the tip of South America.

Today this is called “Strait of Magellan”. He was the first to circumnavigate the earth.

Sadly he died by a Filipino attack.

The Age of Exploration: First Visitors From EuropeBelieve it or not,

Christopher Columbus’s voyage was not the first European voyage made. The first actual one might have been from the Vikings looking for more land after settling Greenland. They sailed west and made temporary settlements.

First Visitors From Europe: The Voyages of ColumbusChristopher Columbus

moved to Portugal, studied cartography, and proposed the idea he had to the king of Portugal. He declined, so he went to Spain to ask the king and the queen of Spain for ships for the expedition. They gave him the green light, but it took six years before it actually took place.

First Visitors From Europe: Setting SailOn August 1492 about 90

men set sail on three tiny ships: the Nina the Pinta and the Santa Maria. Columbus thought due to the wind on their side, they would hit Asia in 21 days. They haven't spotted land in over a month and the crew talked about mutiny and rebelled. Finally on October 12, they spotted land and claimed the land for Spain. He traveled south to where he thought was Japan but was Cuba.

First Visitors From Europe: Spain Backs More VoyagesColumbus’s report to

Spain stated that there was a lot of gold in West Indies. He claimed it for Spain. His second expedition he found islands like Puerto Rico. His third he landed in the northern part of South America where he was convinced it was the Asian mainland.

The Age of Exploration: The Continuing Search For AsiaMany of the explorers after

Columbus followed the same path. An explorer Amerigo Vespucci, explored the new lands. His report said that this was not Asia and that it is an entirely new land.

A colonist named Vasco Nunez de Balboa explored the Panama coast line. Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan wanted to look for a Atlantic-Pacific route. He was the first to circumnavigate the earth.

The Age of Exploration: The Columbian ExchangeBecause of the Spanish

voyages, a great exchange between the Eastern and Western Hemisphere started. The Europeans introduced cows, hogs, and other domestic animals to the Western Hemisphere. In return, Native Americans gave them food plants like wheat and oats. But by accident Spaniards gave them smallpox, chickenpox, measles, and other contagious diseases.

**The Columbian ExchangeAmerica Got from Eastern HemisphereHorsesCowsDiseasesSugarBanana, orangeCoffee

Eastern Hemisphere Got from America

TabacoTurkeyPotatoCornBeansSquashPumpkin