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Drill:
“gold, glory, and God” is a
phrase used to describe
the motives for European
exploration during the
15th and 17th centuries.
What does this phrase
mean?
The Age of Exploration
•Describes the time between 1400 and 1600 when Europeans
began leaving their native countries to explore distant lands
•New technology in ship building and navigation made long-
distance sailing possible
Astrolabes
•used to show how the sky looks at a specific place at a given time
•Had triangular sails to sail against the wind, a large cargo hold, and
moved quickly
Motives
1.Trade
2.Knowledge
3.Wealth
4.Religion
5.Power
Homework 10/14
Read pages 407- 410 in Age of Exploration
5. The main motive for Portuguese exploration was for conquest and
land.
Portugal
•Portuguese explores sailed along the western coast of Africa and discovered a
source of gold; sighted the Congo in 1482
•Portuguese empire in Africa was the earliest and longest lived of the colonial
empires, lasting from 1415 until 1974
**The Aztecs and Inca had complex and diverse civilizations; were not “savages”**
Historical Significance of Columbus
•Europeans flooded the New World after Columbus’ voyages =
permanent settlements = colonies that added wealth to the Mother
Country
•Ruled by Philippe II, king of Spain in 1555 and remained in Spanish control until 1713
•most of the enslaved were taken from West and Central Africa
•European Rivalries
Word Art: Colonialism
Colonialism
LEQ:
How did the commercial
revolution transform
European economic life? The Commercial
Drill: Revolution was a
period of European
In what ways might economic expansion,
Europe of benefited
from expansion and colonialism,
colonization? and mercantilism