European Exploration: Do Now Why do nations expand? What impact could exploration and expansion have on economics? What impact could exploration have on society's values and ideals? THE AGE OF EXPLORATION Background: Crusaders brought goods home that they purchased in Middle Eastern markets. -Spices, silk, foods never seen by Europeans Many people in Europe demanded more of those goods. THE AGE OF EXPLORATION Development of Trade Routes to Middle East In response to European demand for goods Merchants in the northern Italian cities of: Pisa, Venice, Genoa, and Florence established 1st new trade routes to Middle East THE AGE OF EXPLORATION Merchants from these Italian cities amassed great amounts of wealth due to control of trade routes Kings and Queens of Europe desired their own trade routes and hired brave men to discover them...hence the Age of Exploration THE AGE OF EXPLORATION Countries began to explore as a way to increase trade and to spread Christianity There were developments in technology that helped; maps, compass, lateen sail The 3 Gs God Spread of Christianity Glory personal fame and power (Remember Renaissance ideals!) Gold financial wealth from trade (both merchants and kings/queens) Major Exploring Countries Spain Portugal England France The Netherlands Italy mostly trade Positive Results of Trade People became wealthy due to trade Port cities grew in importance and wealth; the money acquired by trade helped fund the Renaissance Trade with colonies brought raw materials needed for the Industrial Revolution Matteo Ricci and other missionaries spread Christianity Negative Results of Exploration Smallpox wiped out entire tribes Europeans introduced alcohol to the natives (they have no tolerance for it) Took over lands Changed peoples way of life Columbian Exchange Columbian Exchange Exchange of animals, plants, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds Europe brought over: Sugar, rice, bananas, wheat, grapes, olives Domesticated animals horses, cattle, sheep, dogs, pigs, chickens, goats Smallpox, measles, bubonic plague, influenza, typhus, diphtheria, scarlet fever Europeans brought back: Corn, tomatoes, pineapples, potatoes, beans, ect. Turkeys Columbian Exchange Note! Other empires/countries are trading and finding routes at the same time as Europeans most already have established land routes China Africa Middle East