1. The Age of Exploration Patten & Valdner Global History Regents Review Patten & Valdner Global History Regents Review

2. Trade  European trade with Asia was controlled by Italian and Muslim merchants.  Spain & Portugal wanted directed access because they wanted goods to be less expensive  European trade with Asia was controlled by Italian and Muslim merchants.  Spain & Portugal wanted directed access because they wanted goods to be less expensive

3. Exploration Advancements AdvancementsUseful for Exploration Printing PressMore books=access to new ideas & topics like geography GunpowderUse of weapons helped win control of trade networks Naval Technology Better maps, use of compass & the astrolabe

6. Explorers

7. Vasco de Gama  Portuguese  Traveled across the Indian Ocean  Established a successful all-water route to Asia

8. Ferdinand Magellan  Portuguese  1st Circumnavigation of the world  Claimed the island chain (Philippines)  Portuguese  1st Circumnavigation of the world  Claimed the island chain (Philippines)

9. Christopher Columbus  Italian  Landed on an island in the Caribbean  Later realized he had reached the Americas

10. Conquistadors Hernando Cortes Aztec Empire Used armor, horses & weapons that the Indians had never seen Franciscon Pizarro Incan Empire Found Allies among Native American groups who hated the Azztecs & Incans Diseases brought by Europeans killed millions of Natives

11. The Columbian Exchange The Global Exchange

12. Columbian Exchange  Goods from the Americas  Potato  Beans  Pumpkin  Tobacco  Tomato  Cocoa  Corn  Goods from the Americas  Potato  Beans  Pumpkin  Tobacco  Tomato  Cocoa  Corn  Goods from Europe  Wheat  Cattle  Chicken  Grapes  Measles  Smallpox

13. Mercantilism  An economic policy by which a nation sought to export more than it imported in order to build its national wealth

14. Mercantilism  Colony provides the mother country with Raw Materials  Mother country sends the colony Finished Goods  Merchants  Wealth was based on trade  Colony provides the mother country with Raw Materials  Mother country sends the colony Finished Goods  Merchants  Wealth was based on trade