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§1.2: The start of the Age of Discovery (P.1)
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§1.2: The start of the Age of Discovery (P.1)
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Previous Learning goal
Name the characteristics of the Renaissance.
Slide 2 - Slide
Carpe Diem
: ''My curiosity lies beyond Europe!''
Printing press
: My discoveries will be known to everyone!''
Wealth
: ''I'll become the richest merchant!''
Slide 3 - Slide
A changing worldview
Key terms
Betekenis
Carpe diem🙂🍎
During the Renaissance
('seize the day')
('pluk de dag')
Memento mori😱☠️
During the
Middle Ages
('remember that you will die')
('gedenk te sterven')
Slide 4 - Slide
Today's learning goals
Who was
Marco Polo
and why is he so important?
ALWAYS write these down in your notebook!
How did the Europeans
reach
the wealth of Asia?
Slide 5 - Slide
Goals for this lesson
At the end of this lesson you understand...
What role
trade with the East
played in the Late Middle Ages and how it changed.
How
tradeconflicts
led to the age of discovery.
How
Portugal
became the dominant world power.
Slide 6 - Slide
Introduction
Grab
page 12
of your textbook.
Answer these questions:
- Who was Marco Polo?
- Where was he from?
- What did he do?
Slide 7 - Slide
During the 13th century, Europeans started to
map
the world.
Slide 8 - Slide
Italian city-states like Venice started this time of exploration.
But why?
Slide 9 - Slide
Trade goods from
the east
To acquire luxury products.
-> e.g. spices, silk and gold.
Merchants used the
Silk Route
.
= Overland trade route that
linked Europe and Asia.
Slide 10 - Slide
Silk (=zijde) is type of fabric
comfortable to wear in warm
regions.
Cinnamon (=kaneel) was used not only as a flavour for food, but also as medicine for the Black Death.
Gold (=goud) is used for jewellery.
Wine grapes (=wijndruiven) from the Mediterrean.
Slide 11 - Slide
Paying a high price
Why were these products so
expensive
?
1. Long distance they travelled.
2. Dangers on the road.
3.
The middle men wanted to
make a profit.
Arabian middle men took products from China to Europe
Slide 12 - Slide
Why was the Kublai's
Mongol Empire
important for the
Silk Route
?
Slide 13 - Slide
New plan
Ottoman (Turkish) conquest of Constantinople.
#dejavu
-> Fully control the trade
(=
monopoly
).
Europeans had to look for other ways to go east... #scary
Slide 14 - Slide
Problem:
Ottoman Empire
Machtig en welvarend💪🤑.
Europeanen NIET blij😠:
- Continu oorlog⚔️.
- Moesten hoge prijzen
betalen voor luxegoederen💰.
Slide 15 - Slide
What?
Exercises 1 + 4.
How?
Individually or in pairs.
Duration?
6 minutes.
Done?
Do exercise 5 + 6.
Write down
keywords
in your notebook.
timer
6:00
Work on section 1.2!
Slide 16 - Slide
Portugal starts
Portugal tries to find a route around Africa.
In 1488 they reached
Cape of Good Hope
.
In 1498 Vasco da Gama reaches India.
Slide 17 - Slide
Portugal World Power
After the explorarions Portugal became dominant in the
spicetrade
.
Portugal became a large
naval power
(large fleet).
Slide 18 - Slide
Slide 19 - Video
Planning for this lesson
Checking the homework
Instruction paragraph 1.2 The start of the Age of Discovery
Short assignment about the Age of Discovery
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