When Worlds Collide:Mind Mapping - Let’s Put It All Together

Consider the questions below when developing your mind map. Develop a visual mind map. Use both drawings and phrases/key words.

1.Why did the Europeans start to explore around the world? What were they hoping to gain?

2.What parts of the world did Europeans go?

3.What impact did Europeans have on the native lands they explored? Think people, culture, economics, etc.

Be prepared to share your group’s mind map with the class.

European Age of Exploration

Why, What, Who, and Where

Motives for Exploration

• Gold • God• Glory• Water Route to Asia

Innovations in Maritime Navigation

• Caravel

• Compass

• Maps

Treaty of Tordesillas

• Signed in 1494 by Spain and Portugal• An imaginary line of demarcation• East would be controlled by Portugal• West would be controlled by Spain

European ExplorersPortugal

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Vasco da Gama– First to round the Cape of Good Hope and

reach India

European ExplorersSpain

• Christopher Columbus– Founded the New World

• Hernan Cortez– Conquered the Aztecs

• Francisco Pizarro– Conquered the Incas

European ExplorersEngland

• Francis Drake– First Englishman to sail around the world– Sailed for Queen Elizabeth I– Famous Pirate

European ExplorersFrance

• Jacques Cartier– Claimed Canada for France

Diffusion of Christianity

• Migration of colonists– Carried with them

• Faith• Language• Culture

What Was The Triangular Trade?

• Name given to the trading route used by European merchants who exchanged goods with Africans for slaves, shipped the slaves to the Americas, sold them and brought goods from the Americas back to Europe.

Triangular Trade

What Each Line Represents

• The first leg was the journey from Europe to Africa where goods were exchanged for slaves.

• The second, or middle, leg of the journey was the transportation of slaves to the Americas. It was nicknamed the 'middle passage.’

• The third and final leg of the journey,  was the transport of goods from the Americas back to Europe.

Consequence of the Slave Trade

In Africa: 1. Loss of

significant population.

2. Increase in civil war and strife through the introduction of guns.

3. Families torn apart.

4. Cultures lost.

In the Americas: 1. Significant

labor supply. 2. Expertise in

farming techniques.

3. Introduction of African culture.

4. Mixed races

What was the What was the impact of European impact of European exploration around exploration around

the world in the the world in the 1500’s?1500’s?

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I. AFRICAI. AFRICA

A. European explorers exploited the people and

resources of Africa:

•Trading posts were set up on the coast of Africa

•The land and resources (gold, diamonds, etc.) were taken over.

•The people were sold into slavery.

What European What European influences can be influences can be

found in Africa even found in Africa even today?today?

II. ASIAII. ASIA

A. Europeans set up trading A. Europeans set up trading posts along the coast of posts along the coast of Southern Asia.Southern Asia.

B. Trading companies B. Trading companies owned by the Portuguese, owned by the Portuguese, Dutch, and British controlled Dutch, and British controlled the trade in Southeast Asia.the trade in Southeast Asia.

III. The AmericasIII. The Americas

A. The people and resources A. The people and resources of the Americas were also of the Americas were also exploited by the European exploited by the European

explorers.explorers.

►The Aztec and Inca Empires The Aztec and Inca Empires were destroyed.were destroyed.

►European colonies were European colonies were established.established.

B. The settlement of B. The settlement of the Americas by the Americas by

Europeans resulted in Europeans resulted in an exchange of an exchange of

products and resources products and resources between the Eastern between the Eastern

and Western and Western Hemisphere.Hemisphere.

C. This exchange of C. This exchange of products, ideas, and products, ideas, and

resources between the resources between the Eastern and Western Eastern and Western Hemisphere became Hemisphere became

known as the known as the Columbian Columbian ExchangeExchange..

D. What was the D. What was the impact of the impact of the

Colombian Colombian Exchange?Exchange?

1. European horses and cattle 1. European horses and cattle changed the lifestyles of changed the lifestyles of American Indians American Indians

2. Western hemisphere 2. Western hemisphere products products such as corn, such as corn, potatoes, and potatoes, and tobacco tobacco changed European changed European lifestyles.lifestyles.

3. Shortage of labor to grow 3. Shortage of labor to grow cash cash crops led to the crops led to the use of African use of African

slaves. slaves.

4. European diseases like 4. European diseases like smallpox killed many Native smallpox killed many Native

Americans.Americans.

E. Other effects of European E. Other effects of European exploration and settlement:exploration and settlement:

A Commercial Revolution took place.A Commercial Revolution took place.

European nations competed for European nations competed for overseas markets, colonies, and overseas markets, colonies, and resources, creating new economic resources, creating new economic practices such as practices such as mercantilism and mercantilism and joint stock companiesjoint stock companies. .

MercantilismMercantilism is the economic system is the economic system of the major trading nations during the of the major trading nations during the 16th, 17th, and 18th cent., based on 16th, 17th, and 18th cent., based on the premise that national wealth and the premise that national wealth and power were best served by increasing power were best served by increasing exports and collecting precious metals exports and collecting precious metals in return. in return.

Commercial Revolution

European maritime nations compete for overseas markets, colonies and resources Joint-Stock Company

►form of business organization in which the funds to carry on business were obtained by selling shares of stock to a number of individuals. Such companies, which were common in the 1600's and 1700's, were the forerunners of modern corporations