PICK UP PAPERS BY THE DOOR. TAKE OUT YOUR AGE OF DISCOVERY VOCABULARY FOR A HOMEWORK CHECK. Bellringer: 10/5

27: AGE OF DISCOVERY NOTES 28: EXPLORERS NOTES 29: PRIMARY SOURCE: COLUMBUS LETTER Table of Contents Update

1. BELLRINGER: HW CHECK (VOCAB) 2. NOTES: AGE OF EXPLORATION PARTS 1 AND 2 3. PRIMARY SOURCE READINGS/QUESTIONS: COLUMBUS'S LETTER TO FERDINAND AND ISABELLA AND AN AZTEC ACCOUNT OF CORTÉS'S ARRIVAL Agenda: 10/5

WHY DID EUROPEANS DECIDE TO EXPLORE THE GLOBE? WHO WENT EXPLORING? Part 1: The Age of Discovery

What makes Europe able to go exploring? Middle Ages:  Europe had gotten used to Asian luxuries  The Black Death limits trading with Asia

What makes Europe able to go exploring? Renaissance:  Population increase = increase in demand  Technological and economic developments

What makes Europe able to go exploring? Reformation:  Catholic missionaries (Jesuits)  Part of Counter (Catholic) Reformation

What are Europeans interested in? Trade with the Middle East and Asia  1. SPICES  2. Silk  3. Porcelain  4. Tea

What are Europeans interested in? 5. God, Glory, Gold Gold  Literally looking for gold & money to be made God  Spread religion, freedom of religion, stop spread of a religion Glory  Competition of nations, individual accomplishments

Navigational Advancements Cartography (mapmaking) became more accurate

Navigational Advancements Astrolabe: used to determine latitude at sea (originally Greek and Arab) 1388 (left) 1600 (above)

Navigational Advancements Magnetic Compass: determining direction

More Navigational Advancements Mercator Projection: type of map that shows latitude and longitude as straight lines

More Navigational Advancements Sextant: determining the altitude of sun and stars

Other Technological Advances Caravel: combined the square sails of European ships with triangular sails  PURPOSE: Made it easier to sail across or into the wind Additional armaments on ships —additions of cannons

Who’s exploring? Portugal  Mapped the coast of Africa (Prince Henry)  Sea Route to India (Da Gama)

Who’s exploring? Spain  Caribbean Islands (Columbus)  Line of Demarcation (divided land)  Naming “America”—Vespucci  “El Paso” (Sea Route to the East Indies—Magellan’s voyage)

If we can’t travel around South America, can we go North? England:  Cabot discovers fishing grounds off of North America  Drake explores the Northwest US

If we can’t travel around South America, can we go North? Netherlands:  Hudson explores Hudson River

If we can’t travel around South America, can we go North? France:  Cartier: St. Lawrence River valley

Who was affected by the Age of Discovery? South and Central America Africa East Asia EUROPE

WHO WERE THEY? WHAT DID THEY DO? WHERE WERE THEY FROM? PART 2: Explorers in the Age of Discovery

1) Prince Henry the Navigator When? 1400s For whom? Portugal Brought together geographers, astronomers, and mathematicians to study cartography (mapmaking) Sponsored voyages into Africa **Henry himself never left Portugal

2) Vasco da Gama When? 1497 For whom? Portugal First Portuguese (and European) explorer to reach India by sea

3) Christopher Columbus When? 1492 For whom? Spain Discovered the American continents (by landing in the Caribbean) Made four separate expeditions into the New World

4) Hernando Cortez When? 1513 For whom? Spain Discovered Mexico and conquered the Aztecs

5) Francisco Pizarro When? 1530s For whom? Spain Explored South America Discovered and conquered the Incan Empire

6) Ferdinand Magellan When? For whom? Spain Murdered in the Philippines His crew circumnavigated the globe Discovered the Strait of Magellan

7) Francis Drake When? 1560s-1570s For whom? England Raided Spanish ships for gold Second man to circumnavigate the globe

8) Jacques Cartier When? 1530s and 1540s For whom? France Claimed Canada for France

Primary Source Reading(s) + Questions Please read the article on the front of the sheet. When finished reading, answer the questions on the back of the worksheet. When you are finished, you can check your vocabulary against the key posted on the screen.

Homework: Finish the remaining primary source worksheet. You will have a NOTEBOOK QUIZ next class. Please have your notebook in order when you come to class on Wednesday.