Big Ideas Five Reasons for European Exploration Results of Exploration Many different European countries paid for explorations for many different reasons Here are just 5 of the reasons why they explored ID: 278305
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Why Explorers ExploredSlide2
Big Ideas
Five Reasons for European Exploration
Results of ExplorationSlide3
Many different European countries paid for explorations for
many
different reasons. Here are just
5
of the reasons why they explored:Slide4
First Reason
To find a sea route to the spices of Asia Slide5
Sea Route in Search of Spices
In the 1400s, there was no
refrigeration
.
To prevent meat from spoiling, people drowned their meat in salt to preserve and dry it (like beef jerky).
They also used a lot of spices like pepper to cover up the taste of the salted or spoiled meat.Slide6
T
hese spices did not grow anywhere in Europe.
They were only found in Asian countries like China, Japan, and India (these countries were known together as "The Indies"). Slide7
Trade routes too and from
Europe and AsiaSlide8
It was
very difficult
to get the spices from Asia to Europe.
Spices
had to be brought across thousands of miles of dangerous mountains and deserts by spice traders,
with
bandits
waiting to
rob the spice caravans. Slide9
Trade routes too and from
Europe and AsiaSlide10
The alternative was to bring the spices by ship.
S
ea voyage was dangerous due to pirates and storms.
The difficulty in getting spices from Asia made spices very expensive.Slide11
Reason Two
Gold, Silver, and Precious StonesSlide12
European rulers fought
many wars.
These wars were very expensive, they needed a large amount of gold, silver, and precious stones
to pay for them
.
They believed that
Asia was loaded
with gold, silver, and precious stones, so they decided to find it and bring it back.Slide13
Reason
Three
Expand
KnowledgeSlide14
In the late 1400s, Europeans did not know much about the world.
Most of them had never been outside of Europe.
Many people thought the world was flat, educated Europeans knew that it was round.
The problem was they had no idea how large the world was.Slide15
Reason Four
Larger EmpiresSlide16
Some European rulers wanted to
claim as much land
as they could.
They wanted to take all of the
natural resources
from the discovered land
and
enslave
the people that lived there to do their work.Slide17
EXPAND CHRISTIANITY
EVANGELISMSlide18
In the late 1400s, there was only one religion in Europe, Christianity.
The European rulers were very religious.
They wanted to convert everyone to Christianity.Slide19
Results of Exploration
Led to
increased power
and
wealth
for
European powers
Christianity
and the
culture of Western Europe spread throughout the world. The ethnocentric attitudes of Europeans led to the mistreatment of native peoples.
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade beganColumbian ExchangeSlide20
Answer the following questions
Name the 5 reasons explorers explored.
Why did explorers need to look somewhere other than Europe for spices?
Why were spices so valuable?
In the late 1400’s what was the single religion in Europe?Slide21
Answers
(1) For spices
(2) Gold, silver and precious stones
(3) To expand knowledge
(4) They wanted larger empires
(5) To spread ChristianitySlide22
Answers Continued
Because there was no refrigeration, spices were needed to preserve food as well as disguise the taste.
Spices did not grow anywhere in Europe
ChristianitySlide23
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