Lesson 2.4: Early European

Exploration

What country did Martin Luther live in? (also the start of the Protestant Reformation)

What problem did the king of England, Henry VIII have with the Catholic Church?

What did he do to solve this problem?What was the Inquisition?Will the peasants of Sliwadia behave?

KNIGHT’S CHARGE

WEIRD DISNEY FACT OF THE DAY!

Cartoons featuring Donald Duck were originally banned in Finland!

Why?

Because he doesn’t wear any pants!

Motivations for exploring the seas:

Life expectancy is up!Demand for goods in

Europe is high!People begin looking

for riches!

MOTIVATIONS

The most valued non-monetary items were…SPICES!

Used to:Preserve foodMake MedicineFlavor MeatMake Luxury items like perfume

SPICES

Arab and Italian traders controlled the market because of their position.

Other Europeans want to find a more direct route to Asia.

CONTROL

Portugal becomes the first Western European country to try and break into the trade market.

First stop for them…Africa!

PORTUGAL AS LEADER

The Portuguese mapped Africa in an attempt to find a faster Water route to Asia.

The Southern tip of Africa became called The Cape of Good Hope.

MAPPING AFRICA

Vasco De Gama – Lead 4 ships around the Cape of Good Hope to India to find spices.

On the trip back, more than half died of Thirst, Hunger, and Scurvy! (A disease resulting from not enough vitamin C)

However, the spices sold for TONS of money (Schmoney? No…money)

PORTUGUESE EXPLORERS

After De Gama’s voyage, the Portuguese made a trading post EMPIRE around the Cape of Good Hope.

PORTUGAL

Christopher Columbus sails for Spain – Spain’s king and queen, Ferdinand and Isabella,

sponsored Christopher Columbus (an Italian) to find a new route to India.

Columbus sailed west, hoping to go around the world and to run into India on the other side.

3 Ships: Nina Pinta Santa Maria

SPAIN

After 3 months, Columbus landed in the Caribbean Islands in August of 1492.

He called the people he met Indians, because he actually thought he was in India.

COLUMBUS

Spain and Portugal were rivals. They make a treaty about who should “own” and “control” the newfound territories. The Treaty was called the Treaty of Tordesillas.

The treaty created a “Line of Demarcation.” This line divided the world in half.

Portugal gets the right (India). Spain gets the left (“new world”)

TREATY OF TORDESILLAS

Amerigo Vespucci (Italian) –Mapped most of the land in the new

continents.He named these new areas…The

Americas.

MORE

Ferdinand Magellan – First person to circumnavigate the world.

Circumnavigate – Sail around the world.

MAGELLAN

Portugal would take control of most of the continent of Africa, looking for things like:

Gold IvorySlaves…

AFRICA

Open Note Quiz Tomorrow!

Feudalism Through Reformation

(Big Quiz)

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John Green Time!

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