§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)

Previous Learning goal

Name the characteristics of the Renaissance. 

Carpe Diem: ''My curiosity lies beyond Europe!''

Printing press: My discoveries will be known to everyone!''

Wealth: ''I'll become the richest merchant!''

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')

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?

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.

Introduction

Grab page 12 of your textbook.

Answer these questions:

- Who was Marco Polo?

- Where was he from?

- What did he do?

During the 13th century, Europeans started to map the world.

Italian city-states like Venice started this time of exploration. But why?

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.

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.

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

Why was the Kublai's Mongol Empire important for the Silk Route?

New plan

Ottoman (Turkish) conquest of Constantinople. #dejavu

-> Fully control the trade 

      (= monopoly).

Europeans had to look for other ways to go east... #scary

Problem: Ottoman Empire

Machtig en welvarend💪🤑.

Europeanen NIET blij😠:

- Continu oorlog⚔️.

- Moesten hoge prijzen 

  betalen voor luxegoederen💰.

What? Exercises 1 + 4.

How? Individually or in pairs.

Duration? 6 minutes.

Done?  Do exercise 5 + 6. 

 Write down keywords in your notebook.

Work on section 1.2!

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.

Portugal World Power

• After the explorarions Portugal became dominant  in the spicetrade.
•  Portugal became a large naval power (large fleet). 

Planning for this lesson

1. Checking the homework
2. Instruction paragraph 1.2 The start of the Age of Discovery
3. Short assignment about the Age of Discovery