DO NOW - JOURNAL WHAT WERE THE THREE “THEMES” THAT MOTIVATED EUROPEAN EXPLORERS? WHICH REPRESENTED POLITICAL MOTIVES, WHICH REPRESENTED SOCIAL MOTIVES, WHICH REPRESENTED ECONOMIC MOTIVES?

WHICH MOTIVATOR DO YOU THINK INFLUENCED EXPLORERS THE MOST – GOD, GLORY, OR GOLD? EXPLAIN WHY

ON A PIECE OF NOTEBOOK PAPER: DRAW A MAP OF THE SCHOOL WHEN YOU ARE DONE, WRITE DIRECTIONS FOR GETTING FROM ROOM 203 TO ROOM C-33

NAUTICAL ADVANCEMENTS

ADVANCEMENTS IN CARTOGRAPHY CARTOGRAPHY- THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF MAKING MAPS THEY USED GRIDDED MAPS: LONGITUDE & LATITUDE LINES WERE DRAWN ON MAPS MORE DETAIL WENT INTO THE MAPS THEMSELVES: COAST LINES WERE MORE DEFINITE, ISLANDS & HARBORS WERE INCORPORATED

ASTROLABE AN INSTRUMENT USED TO OBSERVE AND CALCULATE LOCATION BASED ON CELESTIAL BODIES 6 INCH DISK IT CAN CALCULATE SUNSET & SUNRISE

COMPASS THE COMPASS WAS PORTABLE AND WAS ABLE TO MOVE WITH THE SHIP ALLOWED EXPLORERS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DIRECTION THEY WERE TRAVELING IN TELLS THE DEGREE IN WHICH THEY WERE TRAVELING

ADVANCEMENTS IN SHIPBUILDING SAILS: THEY WERE MADE STRONGER AND ABLE TO CAPTURE MORE WIND HULLS: MADE STRONGER TO WITHSTAND THE ROUGH, ATLANTIC SEA SHIP DESIGN: SMALLER SHIPS WERE SLEEKER & FASTER

ADVANCEMENTS IN WEAPONS MATCHLOCK GUNS: LIGHT GUN POWDER WITH A WICK WHEEL LOCK: ALLOWS FOR MULTIPLE SHOTS BECAUSE OF THE MECHANICAL SPARK EXPLORERS CAN NOW USE BOTH HANDS FOR FIRING, AND CAN FIRE MULTIPLE SHOTS QUICKLY

DISCUSS 1. WHY WOULD ADVANCEMENTS IN WEAPONS BE USEFUL DURING THE AGE OF EXPLORATION? 2. WHICH ADVANCEMENT DO YOU THINK WAS THE MOST USEFUL TO EXPLORERS? WHICH DO YOU THINK WAS THE LEAST?