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• Prepare to take the Renaissance/Reformation
  Quiz!!

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• Quiz
• Renaissance
• and
• Reformation
• Use your ISN

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European Exploration (R72)

• Why now (late 1400s/early 1500s)?
• European curiosity about the Far East.
• Trade with the East due to Crusades.
• Wealth and Ambition of new National States.
• Scientific Progress

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European Exploration (R68)

• Who led?
• Portugal (search for all-water route around
  Africa to the East)
• Spain (wanted what Portugal had)
• Eventually, England, France, and the Dutch
  Netherlands got involved.
• China and Japan both distrusted Europeans Japan
  expelled foreigners, China believed exploration
  was against Confucianism.

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European Fears

• European seamen of the 15th and 16th centuries
  had many reasons to fear a long voyage across the
  Atlantic Ocean. Violent waves, frequent fogs,
  and strong winds tested the courage of even the
  bravest of sailing crews. Additionally, because
  their ships were dependent on favorable winds to
  propel them sailors feared being caught in the
  doldrums, where they might drift hopelessly for
  several weeks. Probably the worst fear of all
  was the fear of the unknown. Sailors did not
  know what hardships lay ahead of them, exactly
  how to get their destinations, or how long it
  might take them. As a result, a number of
  superstitions developed about the ocean. Many
  tales described the terrible creatures, gigantic
  enough to smash any ship and devour its crew.
  Others suggested that the sea to the south was
  boiling, and that it might be too hot for
  Europeans to live there. Despite all these
  fears, several European expeditions ventured
  across the vast Atlantic starting in 1492.

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• Excavating the contents of a sunken ship is an
  expensive and time-consuming process. When a
  site is discovered, it is first divided into
  squares using water-resistant tubing. This
  creates a grid-like map, which allows
  archaeologists to carefully record the exact
  location of every object they find. Once an
  objects location has been noted, it is brought
  to the surface for further study. Bulky objects,
  like storage jars and cannons, often are raised
  by using baskets attached to balloons or other
  pieces of specialized equipment. Depending on
  the financial resources available to the
  archaeologists, an underwater excavation can last
  anywhere from a few weeks to several years.

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What motivated European Explorers?

• You will investigate the contents of an
  explorers sunken ship, discovered in the
  Atlantic Ocean a few hundred miles off the coast
  of the Iberian peninsula.

Located on the southwestern tip of the European
continent, the Iberian Peninsula, includes the
countries of Andorra, Portugal and Spain, and the
British Crown colony of Gibraltar. At the nearest
point, it is only 5 miles (8km) from the
continent of Africa.
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• You are research teams of underwater
  archaeologists who will retrieve artifacts from
  the ships hull and then investigate what they
  are and how they were used by explorers.
• One DIVER from each team must enter the hull, or
  base, of the wrecked ship to retrieve an
  artifact. The DIVER will then bring it back to
  the teams station (on land) to conduct research
  on the artifact.
• Examine the image and draw a sketch of it.

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• Circulate throughout the room to locate the
  written description that corresponds with the
  picture.
• Read the description carefully. Write a summary
  sentence describing the artifact.
• The DIVER then will bring the artifact and the
  summary sentence/sketch to me to check for
  accuracy.
• A new DIVER will take the artifact back to the
  wrecked ship and grab a new one.
• Repeat the process for all 12 artifacts.

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Critical Thinking Questions (L71)

• Which artifacts from the sunken ship show what
  the trip on an explorers ship might have been
  like?
• Which artifacts from the sunken ship show what an
  explorer might have expected from his trip?
• Which artifacts from the sunken ship show where
  the ship originated? Where it had explored?
• What do you think were the top five motives
  (reasons) 15th and 16th century Europeans went on
  voyages of exploration?

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European Exploration (R72)

• Artifacts Examined
• Bible
• Flag
• Cannon
• Medals
• Coins
• Map of world
• Pineapple and corn
• Golden object

• Motives of Explorers
• Missionary spirit
• National pride
• Territorial expansion
• Personal glory
• Financial gain
• Scientific curiosity
• Trade
• adventure