Paragraph 1.2 - Age of Exploration - 2023

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Paragraph 1.2 - Age of Exploration 

Who were the scholars known as 'Humanists'?

1. Those who focused on human potential and achievements
2. Ancient Greek philosophers
3. Astrologers
4. Medieval knights

In the context of art, what does 'Memento Mori' represent?

1. Actions speak louder than words
2. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
3. Remember that you will die
4. The pen is mightier than the sword

What is the meaning of the Latin phrase 'Carpe Diem'?

1. In God we trust
2. Love conquers all
3. The end justifies the means
4. Seize the day

Which period of history is known as the 'Early Modern Period'?

1. Ancient Egypt
2. Renaissance
3. Industrial Revolution
4. Middle Ages

Who is credited with the invention of the printing press?

1. Leonardo da Vinci
2. Johannes Gutenberg
3. Christopher Columbus
4. Michelangelo

Discuss

Exercise 6, 7, 9 and 14 (WB 6-- and 10) 

Which reading strategy do you use most?

1. Pictures, title, headings to predict what the text will be about
2. Use prior knowledge to help understand what the text is about
3. determine text type and purpose of a text to get a better idea what to expect
4. Summerise small parts of the text to help you understand the text

At the end of the lesson you will know/be able to…

• why the Europeans went looking for a sea route to Asia
• practice with cause and consequence
• practice with change and continuity
• what you need to get to Asia via the sea
• who Vasco da Gama was
•  why the Europeans aren't all that grand as we sometimes think we are

Dus we konden alles krijgen, waarom nemen we dan het risico te worden opgegeten door zeemonsters? 

1453

• Power of the Ottomans increased
  
• East – Roman / Byzantine Empire falls
  
• Ottomans monopolize the trade with the East
  

Put in the correct chronological order

Prices went up drastically, but demand stayed high too

Ottoman monopoly on the trade route 

Increase in duties on products from Asia

European merchants started looking for alternative routes to Asia 

The Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453

Pair up! 

• Pair: make exercise 1c and 2 (WB 11-2) 
• Share: discuss the exercises
• Phone at the ready! 

Contact with the Arab world since the crusades

1. Change
2. Continuity

The demand for products from Asia

1. Change
2. Continuity

Arab middlemen on the entire trade route to Asia

1. Change
2. Continuity

The Byzantine capital was conquered by the Ottomans

1. Change
2. Continuity

Wars between the Christians and the Muslims

1. Change
2. Continuity

Dinheiro!

• Think: read together page 13 (TB)
• Pair: make exercises 5 (WB 14) 9 up to and including 13 (WB 17-8)

Homework

Watch the clip (see SOM) and answer the following question in your notebook: 

 Compare Zheng Hu’s story with that of Da Gama; what are the similarties and differences? 

Compare Zheng Hu’s story with that of Da Gama; what are the similarties and differences?