1. Please bring your Social Studies textbook to school tomorrow!
Tues. Aug 23, 2016
Please bring your Social Studies textbook to school tomorrow!
Mr. Wooten needs to switch it out because he accidently gave you the wrong book.

2. Age of Exploration

3. Enduring Understanding:
European expansion during the 1600s and 1700s was often driven by economic and technological forces. To understand the influence of these forces, the student will…
Compare the colonial claims and the expansion of European powers through 1770.

4. The Age of exploration European expansion driven by two forces
Economic
Desire to lower prices
Local rulers taxed travel
After collapse of Mongol Empire
Prices of Asian goods rose
Ottoman Turks took over Byzantine Empire
Force Italian merchants to trade with them
Block them from using trading posts along Black Sea
Cannot trade directly with Asian traders
Prices rise due to having to pay the “middleman”
Europeans wanted to get rid of Ottomans and Italian merchants
Middleman driving prices up
Italian merchants increased prices in order to make nice profit
Eliminating Ottomans and Italian merchants meant lower prices
Many Europeans were looking for an alternative
Technological

5. The Age of exploration Technological Forces (Continued)
Navigational Advancements
The Compass
Determines True North
Invented by Chinese in 1100s
Introduced to Europeans by Arab traders
Europeans improved it
Astrolabe
Used position of sun and stars to determine latitude
Helped sailors avoid getting lost at sea
Invented by the Greeks
Improved and developed by Arab scientists
Introduced to Europeans in Spain
Provided more accurate records of explorations
Helped create more accurate maps

6. The Age of exploration Technological Forces (Continued)
Navigational Advancements
European Ships
Triangular shaped sails from Arabs
Enabled ships to sail against the winds
Use of multiple masts for faster travel
Rudders added to make steering easier
Caravel
High sitting ship
Made it possible to sail close to shore without hitting bottom
Invented by Portuguese shipbuilders
Had a triangular sail and smaller square sails
Used by many European explorers including Columbus
Advancements in Weaponry
Gunpowder
Invented by Chinese around 900 A.D.
A Caravel
Introduced to Europe through Marco Polo
Used against Muslims during the Crusades