1. European Exploration in the New World and North Carolina

2. Vocabulary Vasco De Gama Christopher Columbus John Cabot
Amerigo Vespucci
Giovanni de Verazanno
Conquistador
Hernando Cortez
Columbian Exchange

3. The Rush to find a sea route to the Far East (continued)
  Sailing for Portugal, Vasco De Gama sailed around Africa and reached India successfully opening a sea route to the far east.

4. 1492- Christopher Columbus- Spain
1492 – Christopher Columbus landed at San Salvador (present day Bahamas) and Explored the Caribbean Sea. He was the first European to venture into the Western Hemisphere other than the Vikings.

5. 1497- John Cabot- England
1497 – John Cabot explored Newfoundland and the Canadian Coastline looking for a Northwest Passage

6. 1499 - Amerigo Vespucci- Spain
1499 – Amerigo Vespucci explored the
South American Coast, the Americas are named after him .

7. 1524 - Giovanni de Verazanno - France
1524 – Giovanni de Verazanno explored the North Carolina coast
The Verrazanno Bridge in New York

8. Conquistador : Spain meaning "Conqueror" refers to the soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who went searching for GOD, GOLD & Glory

9. 1519 - Hernando Cortez - Spain
1519 – Hernando Cortez begins conquest of Aztec Indians (Mexico)

10. European Competition
Spain, England, France, competed against each other to establish colonies in the New World
How they established a foothold in the New World had huge effects
The meeting of the Old and New Worlds produced an exchange of ideas, and products between the two worlds.
THIS IS CALLED THE ………………………….

11. COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
Definition: Exchange of ideas and products between the Old and New Worlds.
What would some of these ideas or products include?
Why would it be named after Christopher Columbus?

12. Where are the New and Old Worlds?
THE NEW WORLD
THE OLD WORLD
EUROPE

13. pumpkins, turkeys, peanuts, potatoes, corn, tobacco,
Which products went FROM THE NEW WORLD to the Old World due to the Columbian Exchange?
pumpkins, turkeys, peanuts, potatoes, corn, tobacco,
NEW
WORLD
OLD WORLD

14. Which products went FROM THE OLD WORLD to the New World?
Disease , Livestock, Grains, Sugar, Coffee, Horses, and Christianity anChristianity.

15. The Columbian Exchange led to:
C.R.O.P.S. in America
C= Cash crops grown in America cause Europe to need workers.
R= Racial Slavery (Natives and Africans)
O= Oh cash crops: cotton, tobacco, coffee, sugar and other specialty items.
P= plantation system to grow cash crops.
S= slavery in America

16. Columbian Exchange Long term and immediate causes
Long term and immediate effects
Immediate causes:
Europeans arrive in the Americas
Europeans bring new plants, animals and diseases to the Americas
Long Term Causes:
God
Gold
Glory
Immediate Effects
Spanish conquer Aztecs and Incas
Native Americans die of European diseases
Enslaved Africans are brought to the Americas
American foods are introduced to other parts of
the world
Long Term Effects
Spread of products all around the world
Population growth in Europe, Asia, and Africa
Cultural diffusion
Migration from Europe to the Americas
Growth of Capitalism

17. Review
Europe looks outward to explore Columbus discovers the Americas for Spain. Other European countries explore to compete with Spain: England, France There are results from the Americas being exposed to Europeans: the exchange of ideas, and goods. Called COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE Results of the exchange were positive for the Europeans and devastating for Native Americans. C.R.O.P.S.