Unit 2:Age of Exploration

1600s - 1700s(Standard 7-1.1)

Unit 2 Vocabulary Assignment

■For each vocabulary word:

•Write a definition using your textbook.

• And choose one of the following:

•Draw a picture to symbolize the word.

•Use the word in a sentence.

•Give a real world example.

• Explain it to a friend.

Arrival Activity:

Read the passage from Christopher Columbus’ journal and answer the questions that follow it.

When you are finished, glue it in your Interactive

Notebook.

Remember, answers must be in complete

sentences.

By 1500s, regional trade patterns had developed that linked Africa,

Asia and Europe.

Which of these

trade routes

appears to be the

most important?

Which of these

trade routes

appears to be the

most important?

The Silk Road

The Silk Road provided the Europeans with:■Silk, porcelain, spices, teaAnd TECHNOLOGY!!!

Why did the Europeans start to look for water trade routes to the Indies

(eastern Asia)?

1.) Collapse of the Mongol Empire

made the Silk Road unsafe and more

expensive.

Individual areas would charge

traders to pass through “safely”.

2.) Ottoman Empire (Muslims)

took control of Byzantine Empire

and became the “Middle Man”

between China and Europe trade.

This made trading on the Silk Road

even more expensive.

3.) Other European countries were tired of Italy making so

much money off the Silk Road and they wanted to get direct

access.

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Is this a Primary Source?

5.)

Arrival Activity:

Why did the Europeans look for an

alternative route to the Asia?

Portugal and Spain were the first to explore the world.

Soon disagreement arose between the two countries.

Line of Demarcation- Pope divided the world between Spain & Portugal

- This gave Spain an advantage in the Americas and was able to control more land there.

Phillippines

FRAN

PORTUGAL

England Eastern Coast of North America(Great Britain) (13 Colonies)

Land surround Hudson Bay, Canada

Spain Central, Western Part of South America &

ports on coast of Africa, Philippines and Sri Lanka

France Eastern Canada & Along Mississippi in

North America

Portugal Western South America (Brazil) & ports on coast

of Africa

Netherlands Tip of South Africa, Islands in Asia & small area

(Dutch) in South America.

Arrival Activity:

According to the map, which

European country controlled the

most foreign land?

Why were Europeans interested in

discovering new lands and

markets?

God

Support for the diffusion

of Christianity

Gold

Demand for gold, spices and natural resources in

Europe.

Glory

Political and economic

competition between European

empires.