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Age of Exploration

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The age of exploration offically began in the early 15th century, and ended around the 17th century. The period is charctarized as a time when the europeans began exploring the world. They explored by sea and was searching for partners in trading, new goods, and new trade routes. Some explorers were just after finding out new things about the world. When the age of exploration ended in the 17th century the techologinical advancements have increased and the knoweldge of work helped the europeans travel among the globe by sea much easier.

The inventions that came among the age of exploration were the compass, astrolabe, and the cavaeral.

Columbus New route to Asia for more profit--no taxes to Moors, hauls more stuff on ocean than land encomienda system



The desire to explore the unknown has been a driving force in human history since the dawn of time. From the earliest documented accounts, ancient civilizations have explored the earth by sea. Early adventurers were motivated by religious beliefs, the desire for conquest, the need to establish trade routes, and hunger for gold. Modern history books begin the age of exploration with the fourteenth century, but there is evidence that exploration between Europe and Asia began much earlier. Travel between Greece and India, for instance, was common in Alexander the Great's time because his vast empire included territories of both countries. The Han Dynasty of China and the Roman Empire, likewise, had regular trade relations and even exchanged a few diplomats

Treaty of Tordesillas- Portugal thought that they got the better half of the deal because they thought that the world was smaller.
Europe discovers the western hemisphere and the Americas (new found land).

The europeans sets up colonies in the new land. At first, they thought that they were on Asia then they discovered the new foods that were there.

The europeans thought that there was a middle passage but the truth was that there was no middle passage until about the time that the Americans joined the first world war.

Unfortunately for the natives, the europeans brought foreign diseases with them.

All of these new discoveries caused the Columbian Exchange.



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A major impact of the Columbian exchange on western Europe was the introduction of (1) Christianity that led to the rise of the Catholic Church (2) new food crops that improved the European diet (3) new military technology that weakened local rulers (4) diseases that drastically reduced the population of Europe

Which was an immediate result of the European Age of Exploration?
 * || 1. || Islamic culture spread across Africa and Asia ||
 * || 2. || European influence spread to the Western hemisphere ||
 * || 3. || independence movements developed in Asia and Africa ||
 * || 4. || military dictatorships were established throughout Europe ||

A major result of the Age of Exploration was
 * || 1. || a long period of peace and prosperity for the nations of Western Europe ||
 * || 2. || extensive migration of people from the Western Hemisphere to Europe and Asia ||
 * || 3. || the fall of European national monarchies and the end of the power of the Catholic Church ||
 * || 4. || the end of regional isolation and the beginning of a period of European global domination ||

Which of these events during the Age of Exploration was a cause of the other three?


 * || 1. || Europeans brought food, animals, and ideas from one continent to another ||
 * || 2. || European diseases had an adverse effect on the native populations of new territories ||
 * || 3. || warfare increased as European nations competed for land and power ||
 * || 4. || advances in learning and technology made long ocean voyages possible ||

Which was a characteristic of the policy of mercantilism followed by Spanish colonial rulers in Latin America?
 * || 1. || the colonies were forced to develop local industries to support themselves ||
 * || 2. || Spain sought trade agreements between its colonies and the English colonies in North America ||
 * || 3. || the colonies were required to provide raw materials to Spain and to purchase Spanish manufactured goods ||
 * || 4. || Spain encouraged the colonies to develop new political systems to meet colonial needs ||

The printing press, the astrolabe, and the Mercator projection were technological advances that contributed to the
 * || 1. || exploration and overseas expansion of the colonial empires ||
 * || 2. || unification of Germany and Italy in the late 1800’s ||
 * || 3. || growth of industry in Latin America during the late 1900’s ||
 * || 4. || spread of Islam in the 700’s and 800’s ||