Early Modern Period and the Age of Exploration (1500-1789)

Chapter 12. Reasons for the Explorations​

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1. On what basis can explorations be named..
a. Explorations?


b. Raids (ryöstöretket)?



2. What were the main...
a) prerequisites (edellytykset)


b) motives of the explorations?



3. Study the map of explorations in chapter 12 of the book.
a. Who was the first to sail to America?


b. Who discovered the sea route to India?


c. Who was the first to sail around the world?


d. Who mapped the areas of present-day Canada?

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Chapter 13. Effects of the explorations on cultures outside Europe: America and Africa

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1. How did the actions of Europeans affect the population, economy, and culture of the subjugated countries?


2. Define the Columbian Exchange.


3. Study the textbook materials on the slave trade and slavery. Based on the information you find, write a short diary story in which you empathize with the life of a slave transported from Africa in the early modern period.

Define your gender and age.
Describe where you are from, what kind of place you lived in, and what your family was like.
Explain how you became a slave.
Describe your journey across the Atlantic and how slaves were treated on the ship.

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