Transcript Age of Exploration

Age of Exploration
Agenda
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Bell Ringer: Why would we explore other continents? (5)
Age of Exploration Brief Lecture (15)
Video clip: Effects of Exploration (12)
Exploration Map (10)
Explorer Project Overview (20)
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Goanimate
Powerpoints
Photopeach
Notes Pages
6. Quick Quiz: Ottoman and Mughal Empire (10)
What are they looking for?
• God
– The desire to spread
religion
• Gold
– The need for riches and
raw materials
• Glory
– Rise of Empires, now
everyone wants control
over somebody else.
Bartolomeu Dias
• 1488, manages to sail
around the southern tip
of Africa, eliminating
the land trades routes
through the Middle
East.
• He wants to go to India,
but the crew refuses.
What is the impact on
trade from this voyage?
Groups and Roles
• Each person will have a responsibility within
the group. Those responsibilities may overlap
slightly, but they are there to maintain a good
work ethic.
– Researcher and Citations (1)
– Creative Director, Putting Presentation together
(2)
– Activity and Notes Creator (1)
– All should have a hand in the editing process, and
final presentation.
Agenda Presentation Day
1. Bell Ringer: Why did the Native American
Population die upon meeting the Europeans?
2. Brief Lecture: Explorers not covered…
3. Guidelines for Presentations/Rubrics
4. Presentations
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Pizarro
De Gama
Magellan
Cortez
Columbus
Jacques Cartier
• Originally set sail from
France to locate an Asian
trade route in 1534.
• He enters North America
through Canada, and sails
to the Great Lakes.
• No trade route is found,
but they would attempt
settlement in the 1540s.
Francis Drake- English Explorer
• Took 3 years and successfully circumnavigated
the globe.
• In 1588 helps defeat the Spanish Armada as it
attacks the English Navy.