ISN 94, Reasons for Exploration

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• ISN 94, Reasons for Exploration
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• During the Renaissance, people are going to begin
  to explore by sea. Their exploration will lead to
  discovery of America, a route around Africa, a
  route around the world.
• Why do you think people in the Renaissance began
  to explore?

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Age of Exploration

• A period beginning in the early 1400s and ending
  in the late 1700s in which European explorers and
  merchants discovered areas of the world yet
  unseen by Western Europe. These expeditions led
  to the discovery of new lands, new markets, and
  new technology

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Discovering Motivations for Exploration

• Investigating a Sunken Treasure Ship

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Lets Go Explore a Sunken Ship!!
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• Review On ISN pg 94, complete the T-chart listed
  below

Motivations for Explorers
Artifacts Examined on Ship

1. Bible Missionary Work

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• ISN 94, (Same as yesterday)
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• What happened from the time of the Middle Ages to
  the Renaissance that made exploration possible or
  inspired people to overcome their fears and
  venture into the unknown?

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Age of Exploration
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Motivation Why did the explorers want to go?

• GOLD, GLORY, GOD

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Gold (Money)

• Trade was very important in Europe during the
  Renaissance
• Rise of merchants banking helped people to
  start their own companies sell exotic products
  from the East
• Merchants began looking for quick, direct trade
  routes to Asia there was lots of
  money to be made

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Glory

• Renaissance inspired new possibilities (no one
  explored during the Middle Ages)
• Exploration led to fame for the explorers
  sponsor country
  (found new places gained more
  lands)
• Demand for new land glory led to competition
  between countries

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God

• During the Middle Ages the
  Renaissance, Europe was very religious
• Christians wanted to stop the spread of Islam
  also convert natives they discovered to
  Christianity explorers were encouraged to spread
  Christianity or bring missionaries who would
  focus only on conversions

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Means How were the explorers able to sail so far?

• Technological Advances

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Navigation

• Prior to the Renaissance, sailors used landmarks
  stars to find location (was very inaccurate)
• Through cultural diffusion Europeans learned
  about new techniques
• Magnetic Compass (Chinese) shows cardinal
  directions
• Astrolabe (Arabs/Islamic) used stars as fixed
  points to show direction
• Made sailing more accurate

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Astrolabe
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Magnetic Compass
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Maps

• Used to be very inaccurate, but during
  Renaissance cartography (science of drawing maps)
  grew as trade increased
• Europeans also borrowed maps from
  Middle Eastern Asian
  scholars merchants
• Introduced grid system based on longitude
  latitude

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Longitude
Latitude
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Ships

• Europeans built better ships
• Caravelbig, strong ships that could travel in
  shallow water
• Discovered lateen sail (triangle-shaped) from
  Arabs Muslims allowed explorers to sail against
  the wind
• Used multiple small sails, rather than large
  single sails improved speed

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Portuguese caravel used in the 1400s
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Ships

• Moveable rudder allowed for more
  maneuverability
• Carried new weapons like
  rifles cannons to
  protect against
  the dangerous unknown

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Great Age of Exploration, Part 1 Video
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On pg 94, Review

• Draw a caravelbe sure to show this ships many
  advantages
• Create a thought balloon coming from the people
  on the ship that shows a reason people would
  explore in the Renaissance
• Draw an image that reflects a new navigation
  device that allowed explorers to get to their
  destinations.

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Mapping ActivityUse the world map instructions
provided to label the world map

• Portugal
• Spain
• France
• England
• Netherlands

• India
• West Indies
• East Indies (the Spice Islands)