AGE OF CONQUEST

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.