1. AGE OF EXPLORATION
By:
Lauren, D’aja, Emme, Annie

2. QUIZ QUESTIONS
1. Where/when was Francisco Pizzaro
born?
2. What two countries did Vasco da
Gama explore in Africa?
3. What type of student was Hernan
Cortes
4. What made voyages easier?
5. What three things were traded in the
Columbian Exchange?

3. EXPLORERS
 Christopher Columbus (1451 Genoa Italy)
 Ferdinand Magellan (1480 Proto or Sobarsa
Portugal)
 Vasco da Gama (1497 Portugal)
 Francisco Pizarro (1471-1478 Trujillo, Spain)
 Hernán Cortés (1485 Medellin, Spain)

4. WHERE/WHY THEY
EXPLORED
• 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue to find a
better trade route, he first thought he arrived in the Indies but
actually it was North America
• Sailed in a wide arc south and west of Africa to spread
Christianity , Vasco explored Mombasa and Kenya
• Hernán Cortés was a law student and wanted to find fame and
fortune in the Dominican Republic and then Mexico
• While looking for trade routes to Asia, Ferdinand Magellan
explored India and the Spice Islands to find riches
• Francisco Pizzaro was looking for riches and power so he set
sail to Panama and to the Inca Empire

5. LONG TERM EFFECTS OF
EXPLORATION
1. It led the Spanish to explore the Caribbean
2. To establish the Spanish Empire in the Americas
3. Technology, such as bigger and better boats
helped make more voyages of discovery possible

6. COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
•The Columbian Exchange was a new trade
connection from the old world and the new world
• during this time people have died from many
diseases such as small pox , measles malaria, yellow
fever and chicken pox
• the people of the Columbian Exchange traded
plants, animals, and spices

7. INTERESTING FACTS
 The Age of Exploration lasted 2 centuries
 The biggest desire was to find spices and more trade
routes
 Age of Exploration started in the Renaissance
 Was rooted in new technologies and ideas growing out
of the Renaissance
 1st discovery was conducted by the Portuguese under
Prince Henry the Navigator
 Vasco da Gama was the first person to discover the
sea route to India

8. RESOURCES
apps-wchvol1apps
www.gilderleman.org/history-by-era/american
aeforkids.worldpress.com/facts/
History Alive pages- 376 and 378
Discovering Our Past pages- 34-41