1. WU: Why do people move?

2. Exploration
an act or instance of exploring or investigating; examination.
the investigation of unknown regions.

3. Colonization to establish a colony in; settle Colony:
a group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation.
the country or district settled or colonized

5. European Exploration
European nations, led by Portugal and Spain, began exploration of the new world for many reasons:
New trade routes, especially to Asia
New markets for buying and selling goods
New lands and great wealth

6. Reasons for European Exploration and Colonization
Natural Resources
Spread Christianity
Expand Trade
Expand territory
World Exploration

7. Reasons for European Exploration and Colonization
Natural Resources
Expand Trade
Spread Christianity
Reasons for European Exploration and Colonization
Expand territory
Explore the World

8. The Columbian Exchange refers to the exchange of diseases, ideas, food
crops, and populations between the New World and the Old World
following the voyage to the Americas by Christopher Columbus in 1492.

10. Other diseases

11. Spanish Exploration of the New World

12. Christopher Columbus 1451-1506
Italian Explorer
Leader of expedition funded by Spain’s Queen Isabella
In 1492 discovered The Bahamas in the Caribbean
His voyage opened the door to European Exploration of the Americas

15. Hernán Cortés – Francisco Pizarro
Arrived in what is now Mexico in 1519
Defeated Montezuma and the Aztec empire
Francisco Pizarro
Arrived in what is now Peru in 1532
Defeated Atahualpa and the Incan Empire

16. Amerigo Vespucci 1451-1512 Italian Explorer
During a voyage funded by Spain he became the First European to explore the mouth of the Amazon River
His name was given to North and South America because many consider him the first to recognize that the Americas were not part of Asia.
Died of Malaria in 1512

17. Ferdinand Magellan 1480-1521 Portuguese Explorer
Voyage funded by Spain
In 1519, Magellan led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe
Out of a crew more than 200, only 18 survived the trip. Magellan was killed in 1521 during a battle in the Philippines.
On September 6, 1522, almost three years from the day it began its historic journey, the Victoria and 18 crew members, arrived in Spain. It was the first vessel to circumnavigate the globe.

19. Portuguese Exploration

20. Pedro Cabral Portuguese navigator.
Sent out by Manuel I King of Portugal as head of a fleet destined for India.
Cabral went far west of his course and reached the coast of Brazil, which he claimed for Portugal.
Credited as being the first European to discover Brazil

21. English Exploration of the New World

22. John Cabot 1450-1499 Italian Explorer funded by the English
Was first European since the Vikings to explore the mainland of North America and the first to search for the Northwest Passage

23. Outcomes of European Exploration
Colonization
Imperialism- practice of one country controlling the government and economy of another country or territory.
Religious Conversion
Spread of diseases
Expansion of the slave trade

24. Positive and Negative Effects of European Exploration
Native Americans
Europeans
Positive Effects:
Gained technology
New Religion
New Ideas
Negative
Enslavement
Disease
Forced Religious conversion
Positive Effects
Resources
New Territory
New Wealth
Negative
Disease
More territory to govern/ defend
Led to conflict with other European nations and native populations