Unit 8- Age of Exploration
3 Main Causes of Exploration:
THE THREE G'S:
1. Gold~ Opportunity of wealth
2. God~ Chance to convert new people into their faith
3. Glory~ Need to find new trade routes to Asia (This would make them famous)
The Possible Risks of Exploring was Death. However these explorers were searching for the three G's , so they didn't not see the importance of the possible death.
NEW INVENTIONS:
The Compass!!-
Was invented in China as a navigation device
Improved Maps!
With the creation of the longitude and latitude system maps are more accurate
THE THREE G'S:
1. Gold~ Opportunity of wealth
2. God~ Chance to convert new people into their faith
3. Glory~ Need to find new trade routes to Asia (This would make them famous)
The Possible Risks of Exploring was Death. However these explorers were searching for the three G's , so they didn't not see the importance of the possible death.
NEW INVENTIONS:
The Compass!!-
Was invented in China as a navigation device
Improved Maps!
With the creation of the longitude and latitude system maps are more accurate
The Effects of the Age of Exploration:
You can remember the effect that the age of exploration had by R.A.C.E.D.
R- Rigid Class System in Latin America
On top were the Spanish, while the Mestizo (part Spanish , part native american people) were in the middle, and the Native Americans and Slaves were on the very bottom.
A- African Slave Trade
- African Slaves were brought on the "Middle Passage"
C- Colombian Exchange
- The global exchange of foods, plants, and animals
E- Economic Politics Changed
- Mercantilism = When a country exports more than they import
- To do this, European countries needed resources
- This lead ti Europe becoming richer and the New World getting conquered, controlled and robbed.
- To do this, European countries needed resources
- This lead ti Europe becoming richer and the New World getting conquered, controlled and robbed.
D- Disease spread to the Americas
- Europeans brought new diseases that created epidemics