Age of Exploration

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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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Mapping ActivityUse the world map
instructions provided to label the world map.
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Teaching the class

• In your groups you are going to read the
  information cards on your explorer. You need to
  answer the following questions
• 1) What reason did your explorer explore?
• 2) What obstacles did your explorer face?
• 3) What regions did your explorer explore and
  accomplishments they gained?
• 4) What impact did their exploration have on the
  native Americans?
• Once you have these answered begin working on
  your monuments.