Transcript Explore
Brain Jogger
Complete the Venn diagram. You need at least three points for each
Exploration
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Colonization
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Questions with Map
• Use a partner to answer the questions
together. If you are just copying, you will
work on your own.
• Turn in the completed sheet into your period’s
tub.
Brain Jogger
1. Which country/empire had the second
largest empire? Spanish Empire
2. Where did the French concentrate their
empire? Northwest Africa, Southeast Asia
3. What part of South America did the Spanish
concentrate on? Western South America
• A system in which a central power controls a
number of territories or colonies
Empire
People Involved
Locations Controlled
Portugal
Prince Henry-
Africa, India, South Pacific Islands,
Brazil
Bartolomeu DiazVasco de GamaSpain
England
France
Capt. James Cook-(pg.159)-
Empire
People Involved
Locations Controlled
Portugal
Prince Henry-
Africa, India, South Pacific Islands,
Brazil
Bartolomeu DiazVasco de GamaSpain
England
France
Brain Jogger
• Tell me about a time when you explored
something. This can be any type of exploration.
Also, what was the result of your exploration?
• Definition: Explore-To examine something for the
first time.
Shoulder Buddy
• Get with a Shoulder Buddy and compare your
exploration stories.
• What is similar about your stories?
European History
Exploration to Empire Building
Need for
Resources
and
Markets
Exploration
Colonization
Empire
Building
Exploration and Colonization
What were the main causes of
Exploration?
• Finding New Trade
Routes to Asia
– Market for their goods
– Wanted to increase wealth
• Desire for Natural
Resources
– Gold, Silk, & Spices
• Spreading Christianity
– (Catholic)
• The Glory
– The fame
Think, Pair, Share?
• Think: Which of these four reasons was
the biggest reason for exploration?
• Pair: Shoulder Buddies
• Share: With the Class
What were the main causes of
Exploration?
• Contributions of Prince
Henry the Navigator
– From Portugal
– School for Explorers:
Navigational tools and
equipment (mapmaking)
– Sponsored people to
explore
– Not really an explorer
himself
Ticket Out the Door: 3,2,1
• 3 reasons for exploration
• 2 resources wanted by Europeans
• 1 person with a large responsibility
for starting European exploration.
(just write answers)
Brain Jogger
• Why was Prince Henry so important to
European exploration?
What are the causes of colonization?
• Market for goods
• Natural resources
• Spread of Christianity
Exploration to Empire Building
Need for
Resources
and
Markets
Exploration
Colonization
Empire
Building
Brain Jogger
1. Who colonized Australia?
2. Who colonized India?
(Use your maps from yesterday to answer?)
Also, make sure you have one colored pencil
that is not the same as the one you used
yesterday.
Empire Building
(1400s-1900s)
British Empire 1919
French Empire
Portuguese Empire
Spanish Empire
Scramble for Africa
Scramble for Africa
The competition for resources in
Africa to be used in industry.
Competition in Asia
The competition for resources
also spread to Asia!
Asian Competition
Causes of World War I
• Natural Resources
• Nationalism
– The love of one’s
country
• Militarism
– Using strong armies
and threat of War
• Alliances
– Agreement between
countries
Let’s Act it out! (map page 348)
• Setting: WWI:1907-1914
• Characters:
– Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
– Allied Powers: Great Britain, France, and Russia
• Plot:
– Serbia wanted control of Bosnia and Herzegovina
– Serb shot Archduke Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian
throne
– Russian supported Serbia and Germany supported
Austria-Hungary and other alliances joined in!
Warm-up 9/29 Turn in Homework on the
table…NO you cannot go to your locker!
• What was the “Scramble for Africa”?
• How do you think Nationalism contributed to
WWI?
• What were the two sides during WWI?
• What was the time period for WWI?
The Russian Revolution 1917
• Czar: absolute ruler of Russia
• Russians struggled to get what they needed
during the war
• Riots erupted
• The Czar is overthrown
• Vladimir Lenin and the Communists take
control through violence
Vladimir Lenin
Czar Nicolas II
The Soviet Union
• Joseph Stalin takes over in the 1920s and
Russia is now known as the Soviet Union.
The War Ends
1. Armistice was signed
– Armistice: an agreement to stop fighting
2. January 1919 Allied Powers met at the Paris
Peace conference
3. The Treaty of Versailles
– Germany had to admit blame for war
– Germany Lost territory
– Germany had to pay for damages
BBC News Europe's Changing
Borders.mht
Pro Treaty: British Prime Minister Lloyd George, Italian
Foreign Minister Giorgio Sonnino, French premier Georges
Clemenceau, and U.S. president Woodrow Wilson
Protest outside the Paris Peace
conference…What language is on the posters?
Worldwide Depression
• Roaring 20s- celebration and positive outlook
following the war.
• 1929-Stock market Crashes
• Farmland had been destroyed during WWI
• Job Loss, Businesses closed, loss of land
• Let’s read Mr. Jones’ Story in the coach book
on page 165…sound familiar?
Warm up 10/13
• Blue book page 163, #s: 419-421.
• Turn in your homeroom work from yesterday
on the table, if you have not already.
• Make sure you write down homework for
tonight: In your textbook: Page 361,
Define/Identify and #: 1-3.
BBC News Europe's Changing
Borders.mht
Rise of Nazism
• Review Treaty of Versailles
• How do you think Germany was doing after
WWI?
• Adolf Hitler offers a solution with his Nazi
Party:
– Blame the Treaty
– Blame the Jewish People
• Why do you think Hitler blamed the Jewish
People?
Let’s Review!
• Timeline on page 168 in Blue book!
• What were the effects of World War I?
• How do you think these contributed to the
start of World War II?
World War II
1939-1945
Rise of Dictators
Germany- Adolf Hitler
Soviet Union- Joseph Stalin
Hitler
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1930s- unite the German race
Builds up military and weapons
1938-German soldiers march on Austria
September 1, 1939- Invasion of Poland
The Sides
Allies
Axis
– Britain
– France
– U.S.
• December 7, 1941
• Pearl Harbor
– Other European
Countries
– Japan
– Germany
– Italy
The End
• 1942: Germany tries to capture the Soviet
City of Stalingrad and fails
• 1943: Allies capture Italian island of Sicily
• 1944: D-Day: Invasion of Normandy in
Northern France.
• April 30th: Hitler Commits suicide
• 1945:U.S. drops atomic bomb over Japan
Warm-up 10/19
• Why did Hitler focus on
the Jewish people
during the Holocaust?
• What was a
consequence of WWII?
• Explain the political
cartoon (2 sentences):
Effects of World War II
• Partition of Germany
• The Rise of Super Powers
• The Cold War
Partition of Germany
• Germany is divided by
the Allies: U.S., Great
Britain, Soviet Union
and France.
Super Powers: countries with power that
can be used over other countries
United States
• Possession of Nuclear
Weapons
• Capitalism: citizens control
the economy
• Democracy: citizens elect
leaders
Soviet Union
• Possession of Nuclear
Weapons
• Communism: government
controls the economy
• Dictatorship: citizens do not
have influence over
government
BBC News Europe's Changing
Borders.mht
Warm-up 10/21
• What is a super power?
• What two countries were super powers after
World War II? Why?
• What did these two powers disagree about?
Cold War Vocabulary
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Communism
Capitalism
Iron Curtain
Arms Race
Berlin Wall
NATO
Bloc
Warm-up 10/22
• What is a bloc and what were the two blocs
during the Cold War?
• Why was the Cold War “cold”?
• What is the difference between communism
and capitalism?
• What divided eastern and western Europe
during the Cold War?
The Cold War 1945-1990
Western bloc
• U.S., France, Great Britain,
Italy, Canada, Netherlands,
West Germany
• Capitalism
• Democracy
• Want to reunite Germany
Eastern bloc
• Soviet Union, Ukraine,
Poland, East Germany
• Communism
• Dictatorship
• Want control of the
countries behind the iron
curtain
The Collapse of the Soviet Union
• SU’s economy is failing.
– Let’s list some reasons why…
• Mikhail Gorbachev- leader of SU, begins to
reduce government control.
• 1989 the Berlin Wall is torn down and
Germany is reunified. (German Reunification)
• Let’s Watch this in action: SU in Transition