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Age of ExplorationA Geographic Revolution
Assignment
Vocabulary and Sentence for Chapters 2-3 Navigation Feudalism Colony Expedition Cape
Finance Infectious Disease Plantation Legacy Strait
Section Review Page 54 2-4
Section Review page 67 2-6
Fall of the Roman Empire (476 AD)
Began the Medieval PeriodWhat is an empire?
Why did it fall? The empire became to big to govern & protect
How did it fall? Barbarian tribes in Mongolia & Asia slowly chipped away at
the empire over time. Natural Law of History
For every empire that rises it eventually falls Signs of a declining empire
War National Debt Declining Educational System
Rome
How did the Fall of the Roman Empire lead to the Age of Exploration?
When the Barbarians attacked, people fled to the mountains for protection.
They built forts called castles for protection (Rise of Kings & Kingdoms)
Feudalism – service in exchange for protection The Barbarian invasions blocked the trade route from
Europe to China & the East Indies.
The Renaissance Took place between the 1300s & 1600s Means rebirth of civilization The Barbarian invasions did not last forever. People
eventually returned to the valleys. This period gave rise to great art & architecture.
Individuals like Michelangelo & Leonardo Da Vinci. People began to wonder about how things used to be.
Through oral history they learned of the former trade route & the wonderful products of the Far East.
Renaissance Art
Michelangelo- painter and sculptor responsible for the statue of David and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
The Commercial Revolution Marco Polo traveled from Italy to China & brought back
much information His journey created the want for products such as silk,
sugar, porcelain, & steel, which contributed to the desire to open & maintain a trade route from Europe to the East Indies.
Fall of Constantinople (1453) Constantinople, the new capital of the Catholic Church
established by Pope Constantine, was built along the trade route
In 1453, a tribe known as the Turks captured Constantinople & blocked the trade route
This led to the need to find an all-water route from Europe to Asia, which would give rise to the Age of Exploration
At the Bell
List 5 current examples of imports or exports from at least 2 countries
Think
what types of goods do you think were traded in the 1500-1600’s?
Pair Discuss with a partner
ShareShare your combined thoughts
with the class
Chapter 3 Section 2
Use the mapping (graphic organizer) reading strategy to help engineer your understanding of the text
Page 68 Disease, Accidental Seed of Change through page 70
Examples
Sugar cane
Diseases
Smallpox
Bubonic Plague (Black Death)
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