PPT-The Age of Exploration Outcome: Europeans Explore the East

The Age of Exploration Setting the Stage Europeans had been exploring via the Crusades and with people like Marco Polo For the most part Europeans had no interest or ability to explore foreign lands. 8. th. grade. EXPECTATIONS. Arrive to class on time, quickly move to seats, get classroom materials ready to begin class, and copy down any assignments or special dates from the homework board.. Raise hand and wait to be called upon before speaking.. Causes of Exploration. Renaissance ideas of humanism and intellectual progress. God: Reformation and Counter-Reformation create desires to convert people to religions. Gold: . Desire for Luxury Goods and . The Early Years of Empire Building. © Student Handouts, Inc. www.studenthandouts.com. The Portuguese. 1510. : Portuguese seize Goa. 1511. : Portuguese conquer Malacca. 1500s. : Portuguese in control of the European-Asian spice trade from outposts and forts. Outcome: Europeans Explore the East . The Age of Exploration. Setting the Stage. Europeans had been exploring via the . Crusades. and with people like Marco Polo. For the most part, Europeans had no . The Age of Exploration . The . fall of Constantinople in 1453 . led . to a search for new trade routes by the . Europeans.. Developments in technology helped make exploration possible.. Caravel- new type of ship. Sturdier and faster (more . What do you notice is different about this map from the ones on the walls? . Why did explorations happen when they did?. A variety of factors all came together to make the time period (1400-1600) the “age of exploration”. 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. 1400-1800. God. , Glory. , & Gold. Europeans had not been isolated from the rest of world before 1400s. 1110 European Crusaders battled Muslims for Holy Lands in SW Asia. 1275 Marco Polo reached court of Kublai China. 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?. Chapter 19. For “God, Glory, and Gold”. Europeans Seek New Trade Routes. Main reason for exploration is to gain wealth. Contact during Crusades spurs demand for Asian goods. Muslims and Italians control trade from East to West. 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 th. Quarter. Lunar/Mars Rover Science Project. Human Space Exploration. Humans are driven to explore the unknown.. Humans are addressing fundamental questions about our solar system.. Humans are challenging our boundaries.. : Europeans Explore. the East. The Age of Exploration. Setting the Stage. Europeans . began. exploring . inspired by. the Crusades. “The Wonders of the World” by Marco Polo. A. desire for . wealth. What are some dangers of exploration? . What are some benefits of exploration?. European Exploration. Objectives: Explain the reasons or motivations that drove Europeans to explore the world. - Curiosity of the Renaissance + .