The Why of Exploration
something you have to have to allow something else to happen
What is Prerequisite?
Name one of the three "social" motives
1. Curiosity and Renaissance Humanism
2. Religious Zeal and Conversion Efforts
3. Social Mobility and Opportunity: Allowed people to seek fortune and fame b/c of journeys
used to measure the altitude of the sun or stars to determine latitude
Astrolabe
Explorers brought to the Americas: (list one of the items/food/goods)
○Horses
○Cattle
○Pigs
○Grains
Name one of the three prerequisite for exploration
●Curiosity about the world
●Capital or money to pay for expeditions
●Technological advancements
What are the 3 Gs?
God - Religion
Glory - Fame
Gold - Money
provided a reliable way to determine direction - didn’t need the sun or stars
Compass
Explorers brought back to Europe (list one)
○Corn
○Tomatoes
○Tobacco
○Cocoa
Expansion of Power and Prestige is what kind of motive for exploration?
What is the Triangular Trade?
A series of trading passages between Europe, Africa and the New World (America).
highly maneuverable and durable ship featuring triangular sails allowing them to sail against the wind
Caravel
What New World Goods were sent back to Europe in the Triangular Trade?
sugar, rum, tobacco were shipped back to Europe
A series of holy wars between European Catholics and Muslims in the Middle East - Specifically the Ottoman Empire
Crusades
Name one of the positive effects of Colonization
●Ideas, technology, plants, animals, etc. were exchanged to different parts of the world
●New foods transformed diets of people all over the world
●Goods the Europeans brought back to Europe were sold and made many Europeans very wealthy.
●Increased geographic knowledge and scientific advancements
the science or practice of drawing maps.
Cartography
What was brought from Africa to the New World in the Triangular Trade?
Slaves
New Trade Routes and access to wealth and resources is an example of what kind of motive.
Economic
Name one of the Negative Effects
●Europeans brought diseases to the Americas causing massive population declines
●Violence, enslavement, and forced labor systems
●European powers imposed their cultures
●Colonizers seized indigenous lands displacing native populations
●Exploitation of resources
How did new Technology aid explorations?
●Reduced the risks of exploration
●Enabled explorers to make new routes and expand global trade
●New technology produced more accurate maps that included newly discovered lands and sea routes.
What eastern good did the Europeans want that led them to explore?