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. The only route from Europe to China was over land. Traveling over land was slow, harsh, and . dangerous. The usual route went through the city of Constantinople. In 1453, the Turks of the Ottoman Empire took over the area. 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 . Essential Questions:. What new global patterns resulted from the European age of exploration?. How did the peoples of India, China and Japan react to western contact and trade?. The statement “God, gold and glory” has been used to describe the motives for exploration. . Culture . Clash!. The Aborigines had no idea what to make of the white people. - White people were not part of their ancient stories. - Maybe they were devils or stupid ghosts of their ancestors who could not speak Aboriginal languages. 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 . What impact do you think Prince Henry had on the Age of Exploration? Why is he important?. What were the three major Causes of Exploration? Why do you think they lead to the Age of Exploration?. On the Agenda. 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”. Explore the World. The Roman empire. From about the 5. th. century B. C. Until the late 400s A. D., the Roman Empire ruled much of Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, North Africa, and the Middle East.. Rome at the Height of its Power…. 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. 4 FIGURES. 4 DETAILS. 4 EFFECTS. a. b. c. d. 4 CAUSES. 4 FIGURES. 4 DETAILS. 4 EFFECTS. Age of Exploration. Using . a blank piece of paper, make four boxes, each with four boxes inside of them.. Label the boxes like this, follow along, and list 4 causes, 4 figures, 4 events & 4 effects.. 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. Eq. : What were the causes and effects of . european. exploration of the . americas. ?. Focus Q:How did the search for a water route to Asia affect both Europe and the Americas?. Section 1: The Age of Exploration.. 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?. 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..