Transcript The Age of Exploration

The Age of
Exploration Notes
Standard 7-1.1 & 7-1.2
Exploration Vocab
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Technology- changes in how the world communicates and travels
Colony- outposts or settlements ruled by the homeland
Caravel- ship that drew little water and sat high on the seas, to sail close to the shore
Compass- used to determine location using North, South, East and West
Astrolabe- Use position of the sun and stars to determine latitude location
Gunpowder- mixture of chemicals that explodes when lit
Navigate- set a ships course over water
Reason- the use of scientific and logical thinking to draw conclusions
Heliocentric- sun centered universe
Geocentric-Earth is at the center of the Universe
Empire- a group of territories or nations under a single ruler or government
Colonization- to make or establish colonies
Settler Colony- colony governed by a homeland and created to claim land
Plantation Colony- large estates that produce cash crops, such as rice, tobacco and sugarcane
Trading Post Colony- outpost set up for trade by the French, traded furs mostly
1. Europe Explores
A. Many events led to the closure of the Silk
Road.
B. This led Europeans to find all water route
to Asia!
1. Europe Explores
C. During the 1400s, Europeans set out on
an Age of Exploration.
D. Europeans looked past their borders to
new land, waters, and continents.
2. Active Explorers
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A. 5 European countries were active in
exploration:
1. Portugal – East and North Coast of Brazil
2. Spain – New Spain, Mexico, South America
3. England – New England, Southern Atlantic
Coast
4. France – Caribbean, Northern Atlantic Coast
5. Netherlands - South America, Caribbean,
New York
3. The Church’s Role
Spain was able to get the most land in the
New World
-The Pope drew a Line of Demarcation
to divide the New World between
Spain and Portugal.
4. New Technology
A-2 major inventions helped navigate a
ship’s course over water.
A. Compass
B. Astrolabe
B- Navigators also improved their mapmaking techniques: Cartographers.
5. New Ships
A. The Portuguese designed a new ship
called a caravel. It has:
1. Several masts instead of just one
2. A rudder to steer the ships course
3. Sits high on the water so it can stay close to
shore
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6. Weapons used to Conquer
A. The Chinese gave the Europeans the power to
fire a new weapon, Gunpowder!
B. This new fire power allowed sailors to take
captives and conquer new lands for their
country without superior numbers of people!
C. This new invention gave the Europeans the
power to conquer the world.
7. Scientific Revolution
 All of these technological advances were
made possible by the Scientific
Revolution!
– A MAJOR CHANGE in the way people
thought about the natural world
 Scientists began to use reason instead of
relying on Church Authority.
8. Copernicus
A. Copernicus discovered that the universe
was heliocentric instead of geocentric.
– The Sun is at the Center of the Universe
B. He realized that his ideas would cause a
lot of conflict with the Catholic Church.
C. He kept his work a secret until the end of
his life out of fear of the church.
9. Galileo
 Galileo proved that Copernicus was right!
 He also invented a telescope.
 He was excommunicated by the Church
and placed under house arrest.
Isaac Newton
A. Newton used reason and the scientific
method to discover several laws that
are still used today.
1. Principles of Light – Prism
2. Laws of gravity
B. Invented a new math called calculus.