The Age of Exploration, or Age of Discovery, occurred between the 15th and 18th centuries.  It was a major event in world history and saw the mass migration of Europeans to the New World following the amazing expeditions of famous explorers of the time.  Explorers such as Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro dramatically changed the New World with their conquests of the Aztec and Inca Empires.  Click below to learn more about specific topics related to Age of Exploration.

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READINGS & SOURCES

|Age of Exploration Overview
​|Amerigo Vespucci
|Atlantic Slave Trade
|Causes of the Age of Exploration
|Christopher Columbus
|Columbian Exchange
|Columbus Day
|Conquest of the Aztec
​|Conquest of the Inca

|Ferdinand Magellan
|Francisco Pizarro
​|Henry the Navigator
​|Henry Hudson
|Hernan Cortes
|Hernando de Soto
​|Impact on the World
|Jacques Cartier
|John Cabot

|Juan Ponce de Leon
​|Life of a Sailor
|Marco Polo
​|Mercantilism
|Navigation Technology
|Sir Francis Drake
|Sir Walter Raleigh
​|Trade Triangle
|Vasco da Gama
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TEACHING RESOURCES & LESSONS

Columbian Exchange - PowerPoint with Cloze Notes (Plants, Animals, Diseases)

Atlantic Slave Trade - PowerPoint with Cloze Notes (41 Slides/Pages!)