The document discusses the reasons for and impacts of European exploration in the late 1400s and 1500s, as well as the isolationism of East Asian countries like China and Japan during this period. Money, religion, trade, and national glory motivated European exploration. This led to the establishment of empires and the Columbian Exchange of plants, animals, people, and diseases between hemispheres. East Asian isolationism was an attempt to preserve tradition but failed to keep these regions technologically advanced compared to growing European powers.

1. Exploration Late 1400’s, 1500’s When one group suffers, another group prospers.

2. Essential Questions Money was definitely a factor in European exploration. What role did money play in exploration? Does money play a part in people moving today? or does it matter? Why or why not? BE SPECIFIC!!

3. Essential Questions When Europeans came to America they brought many different things with them both positive and negative. Do you feel the Europeans coming to America was a positive or a negative? Or both? Could it have been done differently? How would life be different? BE SPECIFIC

4. Essential Questions 3) Isolationism is a concept that has been around for hundreds of years. What do you think would have resulted if East Asia hadn’t practiced isolationism during this time period? Did it benefit them? Explain your answer by providing examples.

5. What did Europe know?

6. Why start exploring? God Europeans wanted to convert people to Christianity (spread the word)

7. Gold Spices, raw materials = $ Eliminate the Italian, Muslim middlemen

8. Glory Renaissance spirit of inquiry Honor to their name, desire to be the first country to claim

9. Mercantilism A nation’s strength depends on its wealth (measured in gold and silver) A country must be self-sufficient A colony exists for the parent country ($)

10. What did they find?

11. Impact of Exploration Countries began to establish empires (gain power) Empires around 1763 http://history.howstuffworks.com/south-american-history/history-of-south-america2.htm

12. Columbian Exchange ( Reading ) Exchange of plants, animals, people, disease and ideas between the Eastern and Western Hemisphere after 1492 ( Why?)

13. Pick five items that have had the greatest impact on North America today.

14. Spanish encomienda Colonists given Native Americans to work the land Native Americans were taught Christianity What do you think happened?

15. Diseases and war Native American population dropped due to smallpox, measles, malaria and the flu

17. Slavery Triangular Trade http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/a/aa/351px-Triangle_trade.png

18. Middle Passage www.socialistworker.co.uk/.../triangle_map.jpg

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20. Isolationism She’s Isolated

21. Isolationism Staying out of world affairs (trade, wars) Good idea or bad idea? What do you think?

22. Who became isolated? China Ming Dynasty What is a dynasty? Great Ming Naval Expeditions

23. What were the Naval expeditions? 1405-1433 Zheng He sailed from the Indian Ocean as far as Africa 300 ship fleets Demonstrated Ming China’s power P. 116

24. http://famoustraveler.blogspot.com/2007_07_01_archive.html

25. Why become isolated? Voyages were expensive European traders Christian missionaries Why would this cause isolation? Potential loss of tradition

26. What do you think would result? Why? Results of being Isolated Smugglers still brought in products Failed to keep up with European advances

27. Japan Shogan or general took control in 1192 Emperor had no real power Japanese Feudalism Japanese reading

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29. Foreigners welcomed at first Christianity began to spread Foreigners were no longer welcome

30. Japan was isolated for more than 200 years What is the overall impact of isolation?