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Vocabulary Words
• Caravel – A 16th Century ship that used
lateen sails and could travel great distances.
• Circumnavigation – to travel all the way
around something (Magellan)
Vocabulary Words
• Colonization – land taken through
imperialism that is an extension of the
ruling nation.
• Renaissance – A period of rebirth of ideas
in math, science, and art in Europe during
the 13th, 14th, & 15th centuries.
• Example centuries…
Unit 1
Section:1
“The Age of
Exploration”
The world today is a very diverse
place with complicated events
happening everyday.
• What are some of the problems the world
faces today?
• How has the past influence or caused these
problems?
• How did this classroom, with you in it,
come to be?
Unit 1 Sec. 1-1
Europe Explores the World
• During the 15th century, or 1400’s, people
that lived in Europe had a world view that
lead them to explore other parts of the
world.
• A desire to grow rich and spread
Christianity, along with the development of
new technology began to push Europeans to
explore foreign lands.
Exploring the World
• Henry the Navigator (red cross)
Portugal’s Players
• Dias- reached tip of Africa
• Da Gama- rounded tip of Africa, made it to
Indian Ocean
Questions
• 1. What did Prince Henry the Navigator do
to improve sailing?
• 2. Where did Bartholomew Diaz travel to?
• 3. Vasco Da Gama was the first European to
complete the journey around ___________.
(life)
Answers to Questions
• 1. Prince Henry set up a school that taught
skills related to sailing.
• 2. Bartholomew Dias was the first explorer
to round the tip of Africa.
• 3. Da Gama was the 1st explorer to reach
Asia and fill his ship with spices to sell back
in Portugal. He profited 60 times the cost of
his trip by selling the cargo.
Questions
• 4. Name 4 navigation innovations during
this time period.
• 5. Name 3 of the important explorers during
the time period.
• 6. What were 2 things that the Portuguese
traded?
• 7. Was Vasco da Gama successful with his
trip?
Answers
• 4. Astrolabe, accurate maps, compass,
caravel, lateen sails, gunpowder
• 5. Prince Henry, Vasco da Gama,
Bartholomew Dias
• 6. Spices, Gold and Slaves
• 7. Yes, he profited 60 times the cost of his
trip by selling the cargo.
• The Renaissance (rebirth) was a period of
time in Europe when people became
interested in art, geography, medicine, and
academic ideas.
• The Renaissance was one of the factors that
brought about a spirit of adventure and a
curiosity about other places.
• The Renaissance movement began in Italy
and spread to other parts of Europe.
• The Renaissance led to events like the
Protestant Reformation, which was a split in
the Roman Catholic Church.
Renaissance Artist Leonardo
Da Vinci
Renaissance Writer: William
Shakespeare
Martin Luther (Catholic Priest) that
began the Reformation
Martin Luther (Catholic Priest) that
began the Reformation (counter
reformation art published by the
Catholic Church to discredit Martin
Luther
Essential Questions
• What did the Portuguese use to take over
the Spice Islands?
• Which countries replaced Portugal as the
main countries controlling trade?
Answers
• 1. Portugal used gunpowder, guns and
cannons to take over the spice trade in the
spice islands.
• 2. The Netherlands (Dutch) and later Spain
replaced Portugal as the main country
controlling trade.
Trade Routes
• During the Renaissance, trade with Asia
increased. In order to find new ways to get
from Europe to Asia, without passing
through hostile nations, people began
sailing.
• Sailing was very dangerous, however, as
time passed people became better
navigators.
• Portugal and Spain became the leaders in
overseas trade and exploration.
Video Clip (Exploration)
Questions
• What were 3 things that the explorers were in
search of? (3 that start with a “G”)?
• Name some innovations that helped the explorers
during this time period.
• What country is in the best geographical position
to make the trip to Asia?
• What is it called when a stronger, more powerful
group of people take over a weaker, less powerful
group of people?
Answers
• 1. Gold, God, and Glory
• 2. Caravel, astrolabe, compass, lateen sails,
accurate maps, guns, and cannons.
• 3. Portugal
• 4. Imperialism
God, Glory, and Gold
• Europeans began to venture to Africa, India
(Portugal/England/the Netherlands or the
Dutch), China, and eventually found the
Americas (Spain).
• They explored areas for three reasons.
• First, to gain wealth. Explorers could sell
goods taken from other lands and make
large profits (Ex. Vasco da Gama).
• Second, to spread Christianity to the world.
• Christians in Europe felt it was their
responsibility to convert non-Christians
around the globe.
• Third, for the glory of their nation. Each
European country wanted to conquer
foreign lands for glory.
Technology
• When European’s arrived in new lands, they
had an advantage over the people because
of technology.
• Gunpowder gave Europeans the ability to
kill hundreds of indigenous people without
losing many men.
• New navigational devices allowed ships to
improve sailing methods and travel faster.
• Sailors began to better understand ocean
and wind currents.
• Ocean currents video
Spain
• While Portugal, Britain, and the
Netherlands were establishing trade empires
in Asia, Spain focused on the Americas.
• Following Columbus in 1492, Spain and
Portugal almost went to war over who
controlled certain lands. War was however
avoided with the signing of a treaty.
The Effects
• By the end of the 15th century, Britain, Portugal,
Spain, and the Netherlands had traveled to many
new worlds and established trade empires in these
areas.
• The next step would be to create colonies so
control could be established over the Indigenous
people.
• The idea to take over lands by military power
would be known as imperialism and define the
next several hundred years for European nations.