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Age of Exploration

Age of Exploration. A Geographic Revolution. Assignment. Vocabulary and Sentence for Chapters 2-3 Navigation Feudalism Colony Expedition Cape. Finance Infectious Disease Plantation Legacy Strait Section Review Page 54 2-4 Section Review page 67 2-6.

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Age of Exploration

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  1. Age of Exploration A Geographic Revolution

  2. Assignment • Vocabulary and Sentence for Chapters 2-3 • Navigation • Feudalism • Colony • Expedition • Cape • Finance • Infectious Disease • Plantation • Legacy • Strait • Section Review Page 54 2-4 • Section Review page 67 2-6

  3. Fall of the Roman Empire (476 AD) • Began the Medieval Period What is an empire? • Why did it fall? • The empire became to big to govern & protect • How did it fall? • Barbarian tribes in Mongolia & Asia slowly chipped away at the empire over time. • Natural Law of History • For every empire that rises it eventually falls • Signs of a declining empire • War • National Debt • Declining Educational System

  4. Rome

  5. How did the Fall of the Roman Empire lead to the Age of Exploration? • When the Barbarians attacked, people fled to the mountains for protection. • They built forts called castles for protection (Rise of Kings & Kingdoms) • Feudalism – service in exchange for protection • The Barbarian invasions blocked the trade route from Europe to China & the East Indies.

  6. The Renaissance • Took place between the 1300s & 1600s • Means rebirth of civilization • The Barbarian invasions did not last forever. People eventually returned to the valleys. • This period gave rise to great art & architecture. Individuals like Michelangelo & Leonardo Da Vinci. • People began to wonder about how things used to be. Through oral history they learned of the former trade route & the wonderful products of the Far East.

  7. Renaissance Art • Michelangelo- painter and sculptor responsible for the statue of David and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

  8. The Commercial Revolution • Marco Polo traveled from Italy to China & brought back much information • His journey created the want for products such as silk, sugar, porcelain, & steel, which contributed to the desire to open & maintain a trade route from Europe to the East Indies.

  9. Fall of Constantinople (1453) • Constantinople, the new capital of the Catholic Church established by Pope Constantine, was built along the trade route • In 1453, a tribe known as the Turks captured Constantinople & blocked the trade route • This led to the need to find an all-water route from Europe to Asia, which would give rise to the Age of Exploration

  10. At the Bell • List 5 current examples of imports or exports from at least 2 countries

  11. Think • what types of goods do you think were traded in the 1500-1600’s? • Pair • Discuss with a partner • Share • Share your combined thoughts with the class

  12. Chapter 3 Section 2 • Use the mapping (graphic organizer) reading strategy to help engineer your understanding of the text • Page 68 Disease, Accidental Seed of Change through page 70

  13. Examples • Sugar cane

  14. Diseases • Smallpox • Bubonic Plague (Black Death)

  15. http://mrmcclurehistory.wikispaces.com

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