Europe Sails to Asia God, Gold, and Glory

Agenda – Day 4 To Get: Handouts from back shelf All your notes from Unit 2: Indian Ocean Trade To Do: Bell Ringer – Review Empires Lecture – Europe Enters I.O.T. Exam Review/Study Guide Unit 2 EXAM MONDAY! 25 Multiple Choice and 1 Short Answer

Bell Ringer 1. In our last lesson, WHERE did most traders and empires conduct their trade? 2. Looking at the map on the right, DESCRIBE the geographic placement of Portugal. 3. How did this influence their plans to explore and trade?

Terms to Define DURING LECTURE! Caravel Astrolabe Cartography Henry the Navigator Vasco da Gama British East India Company Dutch VOC Conglomerate

Early exploration and travels The early European sailors into Asia were almost all from Portugal. Portugal’s landlocked location, far from the old Silk Road, forced them to get on ships and find their own way to Asia through the sea. At first these missions were simple expeditions of curiosity. Adventurers hoped to become rich and spread the word of God. Once greed set in however, and they were met with resistance from older powerful traders in the area, things got violent...

The first Europeans to Sail to Asia https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-portugal-became-the-first-global-sea-power/ 8.5 minute video. Gives a little geographic history of Portugal and then 3 mins in starts to really talk about the explorers. Follow along with your handout to learn about early Portuguese Exploration and the technologies that made them the first super power of the oceans.

Prince Henry the Navigator Although he was neither a sailor nor a navigator, he sponsored a great deal of exploration along the west coast of Africa. Henry is also credited with furthering knowledge of geography, mapmaking and navigation. He even started a college of Navigation in Portugal. Henry is regarded as an originator of the Age of Discovery and the Atlantic slave trade.

Bartolomeu Dias Dias departed Portugal August 1487, rounding the southernmost tip of Africa in January 1488. The Portuguese (possibly Dias himself) named this point of land the Cape of Good Hope. Dias' cargo included the standard "padrões," the limestone markers used to mark territory and help future sailors.

Vasco da Gama Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama was commissioned by the Portuguese king to find a maritime route to the East. He was the first person to sail directly from Europe to India. When he got to India, the Muslim traders in charge were not friendly and made trade difficult. When da Gama told the Portuguese King about the unfriendly Muslim traders, they organized another mission to go take the trading cities by force.

Pedro Álvares Cabral Cabral was the first European to discover Brazil. After, he was sent to India to set up trade routes and deal with Muslim Traders Disputes between the Arab traders and the Portuguese were common. At one point, several Portuguese men were killed by the Arabs. Cabral got even by raiding the city and capturing ten Arab ships, and then executing their crew...

Economic Empires - The East India Companies Once the Europeans got to Asia and realized how much money they could make by taking advantage of the smaller countries, they started building huge companies to manage trade and take over local markets. These were the first major conglomerate companies in the history of the world A conglomerate is a massive super-company that is made when several smaller companies join together to control as much business as possible.

The British EIC and Dutch VOC The British and Dutch were particularly good businessmen… While the less successful French and Portuguese Companies were ran exclusively by their kings… The British and Dutch East India Companies were the first Joint-Stock companies in the world. They traded stocks on the market to the actual public. This made them more flexible with their money, very wealthy, and very powerful (This is the same East India Company that had its tea thrown into the harbor at the Boston Tea Party)

Exit Slip What are two technologies that allowed the Portuguese to become the first European sea-power to sail to Asia? Who was the first sailor to make it all the way around Africa and into the Indian Ocean? What was unique about the Dutch VOC and British EIC for this time period?

Notebook Check Items – 60 Points Exam Review Collect all your notes from Unit 2 – You should have FOUR sets of notes after today’s lesson. Use your notes to fill in the study guide. Practice writing your short answer with the provided outline sheet. Notebook Check Items – 60 Points 1. Lesson 1: How Can Trade Cause Conflict and Progress (no A3) 2. Lesson 2: Indian Ocean Trade Guided Notes 3. Lesson 3: Empires and European Influence 4. Lesson3: Empire Graphic Organizer 5. Day 4: Europe Sails to Asia 6. Study Guide Unit 2

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