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European ExplorationCAUSES
Essential Question: What were the causes of European
exploration and colonization in the 15th century
(1400’s)?
Essential Question
►What were the
causes of
European
exploration and
colonization in the
15th Century?
3 G’s
►________
►________
►Glory
Gold
►In the 1400s, European countries were competing
with each other for ______________ ____________
• They competed for natural resources such as gold, ______,
and _________
►Spices were especially valuable and much in demand
►Many of these things could be found in ____________.
►Traders had to travel great and ______________________
distances over land to get these natural resources.
Gold and Natural Resources
►Transporting goods across
these great distances was
_________.
• Everyone along the way had to
be paid and wanted to earn a
_______________.
• By the time the spices and
goods reached __________,
they had to be sold at extremely
__________ ____________.
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Gold and Natural Resources
►European merchants
knew that if they would
trade directly with
people in Asia, they
could make enormous
_________________.
►In the 1400s, Europeans
began searching for a
__________ route to
______________.
God
►Some Europeans believed it
was their __________ to
spread the ___________
faith throughout the world.
• They felt that they could __________
the Native people they met on their
journeys into ___________________.
Glory
►As Europeans began exploring the Coast of Africa, they began settling ____________________.
• Colonizing new areas added to a country’s _______________ (meaning more natural resources, more ________________)
• Colonizing also opened _______________________.
►European countries could sell things to the people in these areas and make even more ________________.
Glory
►The more ____________ a country had, the more ______________ it had.
►More colonies meant more prestige or _____________.
• Countries began ____________________ with one another for colonies.
►When one Country takes over another it is called _______________________.
Prince Henry the Navigator
►Portugal
►Prince Henry the Navigator of __________ began the age of European exploration
• Prince Henry began Portugal’s exploration of Africa in the mid ________.
• He hired sailors who explored the coast of ____________ and opened the way for future journeys.
Prince Henry the Navigator
►Henry also opened a school
of ____________________
in Portugal.
• He wanted shipbuilders,
____________________,
sea captains, and
____________________
to learn and work
together.
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