ESSENTIAL QUESTION
• What new technology aided Europeans in taking over Africa, Asia and America?
TRIANGULAR SAILS
• Could sail into the wind.
CARAVELS
• Ships with multiple masts, sail faster.
COMPASS
• Made it easier to tell directions.
CARTOGRAPHY
• Map Making• LONGITUDE- lines go north to south• LATITUDE- lines go east and west.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
• Why did Europeans want to take other places?
GOD, GOLD, GLORY
• GOD- spread Christian religion.• GOLD- chance to gain wealth.• GLORY- prove better than other nations.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
• What Europeans started the Age of Conquest?
PRINCE HENRY THE NAVIGATOR
• Opened sailing schools for explorers.
BARTHOLOMEW DIAS
• First European to sail around Africa.
VASCO DE GAMA
• First European to sail to India.
COLUMBUS
• Tried to find shortcut from Europe to China.• NEW WORLD- found American continent.
AMERIGO VESPUCCI
• Italian mapmaker- named the New World continent after himself.
MAGELLAN
• First person credited with sailing around the world.
CONQUISTADORES
• Spanish conquerors in America.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
• Why did the Conquistadores connect Africa to America?
IMMUNITY
• Native Americans died from European diseases.
TRIANGULAR TRADE
• From America to Europe: sugar and molasses.• From Europe to Africa: rum and guns.• From Africa to America: slaves.
MIDDLE PASSAGE
• Journey across the Atlantic Ocean for slaves.
HAITI
• Nation with successful slave revolt against the French.