first one, new found disease and ultimently death. search for an alternate route to india which did not happen for obvious reasons.
trade on a global scale became dependent on others due to natural resources in different locations like spices in india and silks in asia, so on an so forth.
european exploration effected the native americans due to land and europeans constant need to take things that aren't theirs, I mean come on we bought new york for a few bags of beads.
triangler trade was the trade of goods such as corn and cotton from the americas to europe and from europe and africa came slaves which created a new found culture relivent to music and tradition and even speech change which is still affective even by todays standards.
question 1. the european age of exploration mattered due to the new found land and route system which made trade more avaliable and easier to access and even helped form the union which later became the US and so on and so forth. in short terms it helped develope new culture and economics which changed world wide interactions and economics.
question 2. desease, war, what wasn't effected by european exploration even religion was effected by it.