The+Age+of+Exploration

=The Age of Exploration =

__**Before you leave...**__
The rewards you might get from exploring the seas for new lands are the pride and the status of finding new land and spreading Christianity which was the main objective of exploring. The Europeans believed that they had a duty to spread Christianity and it was that which caused them to explore the lands.
 * What possible rewards might come from exploring the seas for new lands?**

When you are embarking on a voyage into the unknown, you don’t even have even the slightest idea of what you will experience, so you don’t even know what the risks are. You don’t know what the weather is going to be like, you don’t know what living things you might encounter on the voyage. There are thousands of risks you probably will encounter which you don’t even know of. The men that go on these voyages are very brave.
 * What are the risks involved in embarking on a voyage into the unknown?**

What I would do if I was on a voyage and I ran into other people, I would feel very uncomfortable and even possibly in danger depending on their actions. These are people I don’t know at all and I have no idea how they will react to me. I would be very careful and cautious of my actions around them. However, I would want to establish a relationship because I don’t want them to feel uncomfortable and in danger around me just like the way I would feel around them. I would establish a relationship that I need for my job.
 * What will you do if you actually run into other people?**

**__Compass__**
One of the instruments that is critical for you to have for the long voyage is a compass. A compass is a navigation instrument that is about the size of your hand. It is a navigation tool because it always points to the North Pole. Therefore, no matter where you are, you will always know which way you are facing with a compass.

__** Chart **__
b. 1498 || a. 1 b. 5 || a. -Claimed parts of Canada for England. -Wasn’t his goal to find Canada. It was his goal to find a quicker route to India. b. -Sailed off with five cruise ships, lots of food and water/ -No man from the five ships came back; Telecommunications equipments were lost. || b. Sept 25, 1943 c. May 30, 1498 d. May 9, 1502 || a. 3 b. 17 c. 6 d. 4 || a. -met by the local Taino Indians on an island called Guanahani, many of whom were captured and later sold into slavery by Columbus's men. -Columbus's men traveled to the islands of Hispaniola, Cuba, and many other smaller islands. b. -Columbus established a base in Hispaniola and sailed around Hispaniola and along the length of southern Cuba. -The purpose of the voyage was to find gold and capture Indians as slaves. c. -First European since Leif Ericsson to set foot on the mainland of Africa. -Had some of his crew hanged for disobeying him on the voyage. d. -The main reason for the voyage was to sail to Arzila on the Moroccan coast to rescue Portuguese soldiers whom he had heard were under siege by the Moors. -All the ships were damaged and crewmen were lost due to the weather that didn't follow Columbus's wills. || b. 1609 c. 1610 || a. 10 crew b. 1 c. 1 || a. -Voyage was unsuccessful in finding a route across the pole. -Got a better idea of what the Pole looked like and got to edit the map of it because it had been wrong. b. -Could not find the specified route to Asia because ice blocked the passage. -There arose a small fight between the Native Americans and Hudson's crew/ c. -They were very excited because they believed the ship had finally found the Northwest Passage through the continent. -Hudson spent the following months mapping and exploring its eastern shores, but he and his crew did not find a passage to Asia. || -Founded a small island in the northeast of America and named it after herself. -Got lost at sea and one of the ships got shipwrecked. ||
 * **Names** || **Country** || **Dates for Voyages** || **Size of Fleet** || **Discoveries & Results** ||
 * John Cabot || England || a. May 2, 1947
 * Christopher Columbus || Italy || a. Aug 3, 1492
 * Henry Hudson || England || a. May 1, 1607
 * Jennifer Lim || Korea || a. Oct 13, 2011 || a. 2 || a.

__**Port 3- Impacts of European's Age of Exploration**__
__**Atlantic Slave Trade**__ The Europeans planned to use Native Americans as slaves to help with sugar plantations and tobacco farms for it required a large number of people to work. However, millions of Native Americans died from disease, and brutal treatment. With the Native Americans not to help them, Brazil, and southern colonies of North America turned to Africa for workers. This resulted in the slave trade. It first started in Africa itself, when Africa justified enslavement with the Muslim belief. However, they had chances to become free and live life they way they wanted to. In the 1400s, the Europeans set out to explore Africa to trade gold but when the Native Americans started dying, they started to use Africans as slaves. It was because Africans were they had been exposed to disease and had built up immunity, had experience in farming, and were less likely to escape because they didn’t know the ways in the new land. Also, they were easier to be caught if they escaped because of their skin color.
 * Identify the causes of African slavery.**

The triangular trade trade route is the route that is taken by the Europeans for trade and slavery. First, Europeans transported goods to the west coast of Africa, and they traded there and took Africans to be taken as slaves. Then, they were transported and sold in the West Indies. Europeans bought goods in the West Indies and sailed to Europe with these products. It is called the Triangular Trade Route because the three way trip makes a shape of a triangle.
 * Explain the Triangular Trade Route.**

There were many consequences for both Africa and America. For Africa, their fittest members were taken away, and they became very poor for there were no one to work in the fields for crops anymore. Another important consequence of the slave trade was the introduction to guns in the continent. The guns were later used violently in the continent. When Africans were enslaved me forced to work in America, they brought their culture, music, art, religion etc. and that influenced America because it changed their culture. Also, after slavery was ended, there became mixed-race populations and that influenced America as well.
 * Identify the consequences of the slave trade.**