1. Christopher Columbus

2.  Homework- organize your materials for all classes/ Wear B’ville tomorrow  Bell Ringer: How did the Renaissance help lead to exploration?  Have out Page 2-1 with your NAME ON IT 10/1/15

3.  What new technologies helped European explorers?  Why was Prince Henry the Navigator important to the Age of Exploration Pair Share

4.  Happy Birthday to Rebecca Mantione and Gavin Hamilton!!  Bell Ringer: What are three things you know about Christopher Columbus?  Homework: Write down in your agenda that there is a quiz next Wednesday 10/2/15

5.  1488- Portuguese navigator Bartholomeu Dias went around the Cape of Good Hope around Africa, but he did not make it to Asia due to the weather A Sea Route to Asia

7.  1497- Portuguese navigator Vasco de Gama- went around the Cape of Good Hope and continued to land in India  Portugal became the first European country to find a sea route to Asia A Sea Route to Asia

9.  Start of the Atlantic slave trade  Portugal gained wealth and power  Other European nations wanted to find their own sea route to Asia Results of Early Exploration

16.  From Italy  Convinced King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella from Spain to finance his journey westward to find a sea route to Asia  Aug. 1492- His ships set sail- the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria  Oct. 12, 1492- His ships landed in the Bahamas thinking they had landed in Asia (the Indies) Christopher Columbus

17.  4 things that Columbus observed of the people he met in the Bahamas (which he thought was Asia) Highlight