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2 New Route to Asia Europeans needed a faster route to save time and money

3 Remember the 3 G’s (or what motivated exploration)
God: Spread of Christianity Gold: Wealth; making money Glory: Expand empire; imperialism

4 Technological Advances
Mapmaking -- called cartography Compass -- invented by the Chinese Astrolabe – used for navigation (Muslims)

5 New Ships called caravels -- had triangular sails which allowed it to sail or ‘tack’ against the wind

6 Political Changes Strong centralized governments -- kings and queens wanted to gain power and more land for their countries

7 Social Changes Political Persecution -- certain religious groups targeted Spread of Christianity

8 Economic Changes Mercantilism -- idea that a country’s power is dependent upon its wealth (money is power!)

9 Joint-stock companies --
Businesses would combine resources and sell shares of the company’s stock to investors The profits were then divided among the shareholders based on how much stock was originally purchased

10 Increasing Trade and Interaction
Slave Trade, Triangular Trade, and the Columbian Exchange

11 Atlantic Slave Trade Europeans needed workers due to the decreasing population (disease) of the Natives in the New World American plantations (sugar in the Caribbean, tobacco, cotton, and rice in the southern United States) needed cheap labor

12 Journey 9.5 million slaves transported to Americas
Horrific voyage—The Middle Passage Conditions: Subject to beatings from merchants and disease. The hold filled with smells of blood, sweat, and excrement. (waste)

13 Triangular Trade Europe/mother country Americas
Trade moves in a triangular pattern from Europe to Africa to the Americas and back to Europe. Africa

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15 Columbian Exchange

16 Columbian Exchange The global transfer of foods, plants, and animals.
Things that moved: Animals Plants Diseases New Technologies New peoples

17 Old World animals going to the New World
Horse Pig Cow Chicken Rats Bees

18 Old world plants going to the New World
Sugarcane Grapes Wheat Bananas Coconut Palms Coffee Dandelions

19 New World plants going to the “Old World”
Potato Corn Tomato Tobacco Cacao (Cocoa) Pineapples Pumpkins

20 “Old World” Diseases Smallpox Measles Diphtheria Chicken Pox
Bubonic Plague Influenza Cholera Malaria

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