Thursday – May 10, 2012 Mr. Lombardi

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Do Now: If you were to go on an exploration right now, what are some tools/items you would take with you to help you along the way?•List and explain why you would bring each tool/item.

Aim: How did Portugal lead the way to global exploration?

Handout: The Tools of Exploration– Read the handout.– Answer the question(s).– Due: Tomorrow, May 11

Age of Exploration EXAM – “Pre-Final” FRIDAY, MAY 18 34Q’s: 21Q’s on Units 1-7 / 13Q’s on Age of Exploration

H.W. #14

The Age of Exploration1. European countries (Spain, England, France,

and the Netherlands) set up colonies in the Americas.

2. The colonies use slaves to produce crops which are then traded back to the European “Mother Country”.

3. Mother Countries make and sell finished products to Africa for more slaves and to the colonies for money.

4. Mercantilism – the mother country exports more than it imports.

Yesterday’s Summary

• Why were colonies considered so important to the nations of Europe?

Europeans Explore the East By the early 1400s, Europeans were ready to venture beyond their borders. The Renaissance in Europe encouraged a spirit of adventure and curiosity. This prompted the Europeans to explore the world around them...

•How did the Renaissance lead to the Age of Exploration?

Map of Western Europe – 1500s

Map of the World

Vasco Da Gama’s Long Voyage

Portuguese Explorer, Vasco Da Gama

Vasco Da Gama’s Ship

The following account comes from a member of Vasco Da Gama's sailing crew at the conclusion of a ten

month voyage to India:

“All our people suffered from their gums which grew over their teeth so that they could not eat. Their legs swelled and other parts of their bodies also; and these swellings spread until the sufferer died. At the end of our long voyage, however, Da Gama acquired a cargo of spices that was later sold for a profit of three-thousand percent. The demand for spice from the Middle East and Asia was so great that a man could become fantastically wealthy by sailing the seas.”

After analyzing the provided passage, answer the following questions to the best of your knowledge. 1.According to the passage, what was one risk that explorers took? Explain your answer.

2.Based on the passage, what was one reward that explorers could receive by taking this risk? Explain your answer.

Guiding Questions:1. Why did Henry found a navigation school as a

means to gain access to the riches of East Asia?

2. How did Columbus expect to get to Asia by sailing west?

3. How might Columbus have mistaken the Caribbean for the East Indies?

Summary

1. How did Portugal lead the way to global exploration?

2. How did the Treaty of Tordesillas reveal Europeans’ attitudes toward non-European lands and peoples?

• Regents Prep - Age of Exploration