PPT-Exploration and Trade

Europe Looks Outward Growing interest in the east What factors contributed to the Europeans increased interest in the East Growing interest in the east Contact with other parts of the world increased in the 1200s. Europe, Africa, and Asia. The Age of Exploration. Essential Question???. What were the political, economic, and religious causes of European exploration?. The Age of Exploration…Motivations!!!. Spices. Economic, Political, and Social Reasons. Economic Reasons for Exploration . Discovery of fine goods in the East. Marco Polo – Spent 24 years in China, brought back fascinating tales.. Eastern goods sought after by Europeans.. 1491-1607. Geologic Timeline. 10,000,000 years ago. Canadian Shield rises above sea level . 35,000 years ago. Land Bridge from Siberia to Alaska “opens”. 25,000 – 17,000 years ago. Migration takes place over the land bridge. Exploration – Using Primary and. Secondary Sources. Why explore?. The simple answer is the “Three G’s”. God. Gold. Glory. But there is more to it than that!. We will use primary and secondary sources to investigate WHY people would risk their lives to look for something they weren’t even sure existed!. to the Renaissance and the Voyages of Exploration. 2. The Age of Exploration. 1. The . First Europeans to attempt to set up a colony in North America were the Vikings around the year 1000 CE.. 2. L’Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland. How did the Exploration Era impact civilizations in the Americas?. What is . circumnavigation?. THINKER: What was the . Line of Demarcation?. How did this impact the balance of power in Europe? (page 215). Melaka. Marco Polo. Ibn Battuta. Raban. . Sauma. Sufis Missionaries. Christian Missionaries. Cross Cultural Exchanges. Gunpowder . Bubonic Plague. Ming China. Transoceanic Encounters and Global Connections. 15. th. & 16. th. CENTURY. BACKGROUND. 15th Century Achievements. -Century Rise of . Nation-ism . among the New Nations. -States of Europe emergence of powerful new nation. -States with assertive Monarchs . LEQ:. What were the motives behind European exploration?. Drill: . “gold, glory, and God” is a phrase used to describe the motives for European exploration during the 15. th. and 17. th. centuries. What does this phrase mean?. Education. and Leisure. The Problem of the Poor. Exploration and Voyages of Discovery. Raleigh and Virginia. Elizabethan Education. Attitudes to Education:. During Elizabeth’s reign, education slowly became more important.. Warm-Up Question. :. Examine the Unit 7 Organizer & answer the following questions:. What were 2 effects of exploration?. How did gov’t change because of the Renaissance & Age of Exploration?. Chapter 1. Native American Experience. Natives enter North America from Asia. Last Ice Age, 13,000 to 3,000 BC. Bering Land Bridge. Possibly by sea. Natives adapted to environment. Climate. Flora. Fauna. European Exploration and Colonization of North America The Old World Meets the New World First Contact The term First Contact literally describes the first contact between Europeans and the indigenous peoples of North America Magellan became the first explorer to circumnavigate the Earth (go all the way around) . Spain sent explorers called conquistadors to the New World to find gold, claim land, & spread Christianity .