Chapter 3: Exploration and Colonization
1492-1675
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Chapter 3 Section 1: An Era of
Key vocabulary terms
Exploration
• In this section, we
will:
• identify the impact
of Christopher
Columbus's voyage.
• describe how Spanish
explorers found a
route across the
Pacific Ocean.
• explain how
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this section:
colony
turning point
circumnavigate
Columbian Exchange
exploration set off a
global exchange of
goods and services.
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Early Voyages to the Americas
• in the year 1001, Leif
Ericson and the Vikings
reached the Northern
tip of North America.
• Settlement was called
Vinland, in present-day
Newfoundland.
• did not stay too long
in Vinland. Left rather
suddenly.
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Columbus reaches the Americas
• as we have viewed in
the video, Columbus had
hoped to reach the East
Indies by sailing west
across
the_________Ocean.
• left in August 1492
with 90 men with three
ships: Nina, Pinta, Santa
Maria.
• his crew spotted land
on October 12, and
Columbus was convinced
he had reached the East
Indies in Asia.
• he had actually
reached islands in the
Caribbean Sea; later
they would be known as
the West Indies.
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• When Columbus
returned to Spain, the
King & Queen were
impressed.
• gave Columbus the
title of "Admiral"
• Columbus made 3 more
voyages across the
__________.
• In 1493, founded the
first Spanish colony in
the Americas; on an
island he called
Hispaniola
Haiti/Dominican Republic
a colony is a group of
people who settle in a
distant land but are still
ruled by the government
of their native land.
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It will be very difficult for European
Powers to control colonies thousands of miles away.
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• Let's read about
Columbus's
impact on page 70
of our textbook.
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The Spanish Cross the Pacific
• after Columbus, the
Spanish settled other
Caribbean islands.
• Puerto Rico, Cuba &
Jamaica were
conquered by Spain.
• explored eastern
coasts of North
America & South
America in search of
the elusive western
route to_____.
• let's read about Balboa &
Magellan on page 71.
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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Balboa- reached Pacific
through the Isthmus of
Panama.
Magellan reached Pacific
by going around s. a.
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Vocabulary Alert
• circumnavigate: sail completely
around
• in circumnavigating
the earth, Spain had
found an all water
route to Asia.
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A Global Cultural Exchange
• these voyages of
Columbus and others
sparked a global
exchange of goods and
ideas.
• this transfer of ideas
is called the Columbian
Exchange.
• the exchange went in
both directions. Europe
learned from the Native
Americans; Europeans
contributed greatly to
American culture as well.
Let's read
about the
Columbian
Exchange
on pages
71-72
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Horses- Brought to the
Americas during the
Columbian exchange.
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