Exploration

Title Page: European Exploration Activating Strategy: The Black Pepper Narrative (see Handout) Hand out the Vocabulary sheet to the students (see Handout) Hand out Map of Europe (see Handout) Hand out Map of the World (see Handout) Hand out Explorers Chart (see Handout) Hand out Triangular Trade Route worksheet (see Handout) Review Explorers Chart & Explorers PowerPoint (see Handout) Triangular Trade Route Worksheet (page 195) Review Explorers Chart & Explorers PowerPoint (see Handout) A: Superior military technology (guns and gunpowder) and diseases (smallpox, measles, influenza, chicken pox, etc…) Review Explorers Chart & Explorers PowerPoint (see Handout) Notes on the 2 Ways slaves were sold in the Americas Age of Exploration Study Sheet (see Handout) The students will draw a picture on their title page that best represents Exploration Final Note: Students write their own thesis statement explaining the Age of Exploration.
 * __ Exploration Notes Outline: __**
 * Silk Road (page 41???)
 * Black Pepper simulation (see narrative)
 * Essential Question ** #1: Why did the Europeans seek to trade with the Far East? (Page 157???)
 * A: God, Glory, Gold (…but probably the other way around)
 * Prince Henry “The Navigator”
 * Bartholomeu Dias
 * Vasco Da Gama
 * Christopher Columbus
 * Essential Question ** #2: What is the significance of the Treaty of Tordesillas (page 191)
 * A: It established and imaginary line divided the world in half between Spain and Portugal. This was done so that there would not be a war between Spain and Portugal.
 * Christopher Columbus
 * Pedro Alvarez Cabral
 * Amerigo Vespucci
 * Vasco Nunez de Balboa
 * Hernan Cortes
 * Essential Question ** #3: What allowed the Europeans to impose their will on the indigenous peoples of the world?
 * Hernan Cortes
 * Ferdinand Magellan
 * Francisco Pizarro
 * Jacques Cartier
 * Francisco de Orellana
 * Willem Barents
 * Henry Hudson (Dutch)
 * Henry Hudson (English)
 * Essential Question ** #4: What products did the Europeans introduce to the Americas?
 * A: Livestock, Military Technology, and Diseases
 * Essential Question ** #5: What products did the Americans introduce to the Europeans?
 * A: Corn, tobacco, tomatoes, bananas, potatoes, furs/pelts, squash, beans.
 * Essential Question ** #6: What products did the Asians introduce to the rest of the world?
 * A: Rice, tea gun powder, noodles, spices, silk, perfume, cotton, jade.
 * Essential Question ** #7: What products did the Africans introduce to the world?
 * A: Enslaved Africans, ivory, salt, exotic animals.
 * Slave Auction
 * Grab and Go sale