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Europe Expands (European Exploration)
Reading activity
Directions: Use pages 148-152 to complete the reading activity. Stop reading at “An Age of Absolutism”
Title of section 2 Europe Expands
Name of two subtitles on pages 148 and150 (HINT: Subtitles are in RED)
1. The Age of Exploration
2. An Age of Empires
Words/definitions that are highlighted and underlined throughout the reading.
1. Cartography-The science of making accurate maps and globes.
2. Caravels-Small, triangular-sailed oceangoing ships.
3. Finance-To raise or provide funds.
4. Plantations-Large commercial farms.
5. Northwest passage-A route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans along the northern coast of N.
America.
6. Convicted-To find or prove guilty
7. Triangular trade-3-stage pattern of Atlantic trade that carried goods and enslaved people between
Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
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innovations that made sailing easier:
1.
Navigational charts
2. Triangular sails
3. Magnetic compasses
What did these 3 new technologies help develop? Cartography
How did Marco Polo’s book increase European interest in the continent of Asia? His descriptions of the
wealth and wonders of Asia increased European interest in the continent.
Which country led the search for a sea route to Asia? Portugal.
What ships helped Portugal lead the search for a sea-route to Asia? Caravels.
Describe the ships Small, triangular-sailed oceangoing ships.
4 interesting facts about Prince Henry the Navigator
1. Portuguese Prince.
2. Paid for voyages to Asia.
3. Funded advancements in ship design.
4. Funded a special school to train sailors in navigation.
What area of the world did Portuguese ships explore during the 1400s? West coast of Africa.
Negative affect of Portugal’s knowledge of the region A key role in the slave trade between Africa and the
Americas.
Use the map on pg. 149 to answer the following 4 questions:
Which 5 European countries sent explorers out on the high seas?
1. Portugal
2. Spain
3. England
4. France
5. The Netherlands
Which nation’s explorers followed the coast of Africa to Asia? Portugal.
Which nation sent an explorer around the world? Spain.
Which nations’ explorers sailed to eastern North America? France, Netherlands, and the UK.
Which Italian explorer promised to reach Asia by sailing westward across the Atlantic? Christopher
Columbus.
Define imperialism-empire-building.
Look at the map on pg. 152 and explain why countries like Portugal, Spain, England, France, and the
Netherlands led the way of European exploration. Their locations on water gave them easy access to
explore.