the european age of discovery
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The European Age of Discovery. In this lesson, students will be able to define the following terms: Motives for the European Age of Exploration The Significance of the Compass and Moveable Rudder Ferdinand Magellan. The Crusades greatly increased European interest in goods from - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The European Age of Discovery
In this lesson, students will be able to define the following terms:
Motives for the European Age of Exploration
The Significance of the Compass and Moveable Rudder
Ferdinand Magellan
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The Crusadesgreatly
increasedEuropeaninterest in
goods fromthe East.
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The Crusades greatly stimulated European interest in East Asian
goods like spices, perfume, and silk.
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Improvements in Technology
• Better navigation skills and instruments allowed Europeans to sail farther than ever before.
• The compass and the moveable rudder greatly benefited navigators.
• Navigators could sail away from the shore and find their way to land again.
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The Chinese invented the compass.The compass allowed navigators
to travel far.
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A rudder is a device used to steera ship.
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Spreading the Gospel• European rulers wanted to spread the
Christian religion.
• European missionaries traveled to foreign lands to convert individuals and nations to Christianity.
• The spreading of the Christian religion was another motive or reason for the European Age of Exploration.
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European rulerscorrectly
believed thattrade with Asia
would bringthem vast
wealth.
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Explorers
• With better navigational instruments and a desire for wealth and conversion, European rulers funded exploration.
• From Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal to the King and Queen of Spain, explorers were given ships and crews to journey the vast seas.
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ChristopherColumbus
believed thatby traveling
West, he wouldarrive in the East.
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Columbus never arrived in Asia buthe did land in the Americas.
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Ferdinand Magellan’s crew was thefirst crew to circumnavigate the world.
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Magellan’s journey opened the worldto European navigators.
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Questions for Reflection:
• List three motives for the European Age of Exploration.
• List two inventions which revolutionized navigation.
• Who was Christopher Columbus and what was the significance of his travels?
• Who was Ferdinand Magellan and how did his journey affect future navigators?