Other Europeans discover the world

The start of the age of discoveries

1.2 Other Europeans discover the world

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This lesson contains 20 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 4 videos.

Lesson duration is: 30 min

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The start of the age of discoveries

1.2 Other Europeans discover the world

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Summer holidays

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Key words

Silk Route: an overland trade route that linked Europe to Asia

Monopoly: the right to be the only one to trade in a specific product or in a certain area

Age of Discovery: the time in which European countries explored the world (1450 until 1700)

Cape of Good Hope: the southern-most point of Africa

Spice trade: the trade in valuable spices from Asia, such as cinnamon, pepper and nutmeg

Naval power: when a country has a strong fleet of war ships

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You learn

Why the Europeans were going to exlore the world?

What the silk route is.

How to read a map of the routes the different explorers used to travel the world

Who Marco Polo and Vasco Da Gama were

Explain how successful or unsuccessful the various explorers were in finding trade routes or new lands and establishing trade there

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As a reminder, which European country started exploring the world first?

Venice

Portugal

England

Spain

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Marco? Polo!

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Marco Polo's travels

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Why did Marco Polo travel to Asia?

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Slide 9 - Video

The silk route

Around the year 1000 there was an increase in agricultural products. (more food)

Due to this the trade between cities flourished and expanded. Luxury products, like spices, had to come from Asia to Europe. The traders travelled on the Silk Route this was very expensive. > spices were expensive

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Exercises

Do exercise 1, 2,3,

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1453- Fall of Constantinopel

After the fall of Constantinopel in the hands of the Ottomans a route over sea became more important for the Europeans.

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Vasco da Gamma

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Exercise

Do exercise 5,7,8,10 and 11

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Why did the Portugese start exploring the sea routes?

They wanted to discover Atlantis

They wanted to trade with Asia directly

They wanted to trade with Africa directly

They wanted to discover America

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Nova Zembla

Barentz & De Houtkamp

Ship trapped in the pack ice

Shelter: 'het Behouden Huys'

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Slide 18 - Video

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What did you learn?

Slide 20 - Open question