PICK UP PAPERS BY THE DOOR.

TAKE OUT YOUR AGE OF DISCOVERY VOCABULARY FOR A

HOMEWORK CHECK.

Bellringer: 10/5

27: AGE OF DISCOVERY NOTES28: EXPLORERS NOTES29: PRIMARY SOURCE:

COLUMBUS LETTER

Table of Contents Update

1. BELLRINGER: HW CHECK (VOCAB)2. NOTES: AGE OF EXPLORATION PARTS 1

AND 23. PRIMARY SOURCE

READINGS/QUESTIONS: COLUMBUS'S LETTER TO FERDINAND AND ISABELLA AND AN AZTEC ACCOUNT OF CORTÉS'S ARRIVAL

Agenda: 10/5

WHY DID EUROPEANS DECIDE TO EXPLORE THE GLOBE?

WHO WENT EXPLORING?

Part 1: The Age of Discovery

What makes Europe able to go exploring?

Middle Ages: Europe had gotten used to Asian luxuries The Black Death limits trading with Asia

What makes Europe able to go exploring?

Renaissance: Population increase = increase in

demand Technological and economic

developments

What makes Europe able to go exploring?

Reformation: Catholic missionaries (Jesuits)

Part of Counter (Catholic) Reformation

What are Europeans interested in?

Trade with the Middle East and Asia 1. SPICES 2. Silk 3. Porcelain 4. Tea

What are Europeans interested in?

5. God, Glory, GoldGold ------------Literally looking for gold &

money to be made

God -------------Spread religion, freedom of religion, stop spread of a religion

Glory ----------- Competition of nations, individual accomplishments

Navigational Advancements

Cartography (mapmaking) became more accurate

Navigational Advancements

Astrolabe: used to determine latitude at sea (originally Greek and Arab)

1388 (left)

1600 (above)

Navigational Advancements

Magnetic Compass: determining direction

More Navigational Advancements

Mercator Projection: type of map that shows latitude and longitude as straight lines

More Navigational Advancements

Sextant: determining the altitude of sun and stars

Other Technological Advances

Caravel: combined the square sails of European ships with triangular sails PURPOSE: Made it

easier to sail across or into the wind

Additional armaments on ships —additions of cannons

Who’s exploring?

Portugal Mapped the coast of Africa (Prince Henry) Sea Route to India (Da Gama)

Who’s exploring?

Spain Caribbean Islands (Columbus) Line of Demarcation (divided land) Naming “America”—Vespucci “El Paso” (Sea Route to the East Indies—

Magellan’s voyage)

If we can’t travel around South America, can we go North?

England: Cabot discovers fishing grounds off of

North America Drake explores the Northwest US

If we can’t travel around South America, can we go North?

Netherlands: Hudson explores Hudson River

If we can’t travel around South America, can we go North?

France: Cartier: St. Lawrence River valley

Who was affected by the Age of Discovery?

South and Central America

AfricaEast AsiaEUROPE

WHO WERE THEY? WHAT DID THEY DO? WHERE WERE THEY FROM?

PART 2: Explorers in the Age of Discovery

1) Prince Henry the Navigator

When? 1400s

For whom? Portugal

Brought together geographers, astronomers, and mathematicians to study cartography (mapmaking)

Sponsored voyages into Africa

**Henry himself never left Portugal

2) Vasco da Gama

When? 1497

For whom? Portugal

First Portuguese (and European) explorer to reach India by sea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFIyuYPP6PE

3) Christopher Columbus

When? 1492

For whom? Spain

Discovered the American continents (by landing in the Caribbean)

Made four separate expeditions into the New World

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My8Vd-NZ8Qo

4) Hernando Cortez

When? 1513

For whom? Spain

Discovered Mexico and conquered the Aztecs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oicgynllrfY

5) Francisco Pizarro

When? 1530s

For whom? Spain

Explored South AmericaDiscovered and

conquered the Incan Empire

6) Ferdinand Magellan

When? 1519-1521

For whom? Spain

Murdered in the PhilippinesHis crew circumnavigated the globeDiscovered the Strait of Magellan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y94s85-Crew

7) Francis Drake

When? 1560s-1570s

For whom? England

Raided Spanish ships for goldSecond man to circumnavigate the globe

8) Jacques Cartier

When? 1530s and 1540s

For whom? France

Claimed Canada for France

Primary Source Reading(s) + Questions

Please read the article on the front of the sheet.

When finished reading, answer the questions on the back of the worksheet.

When you are finished, you can check your vocabulary against the key posted on the screen.

Homework:

Finish the remaining primary source worksheet.

You will have a NOTEBOOK QUIZ next class. Please have your notebook in order when you come to class on Wednesday.