Exploration and Conquest

1. Exploration and Conquest

2. Christopher Columbus: Hero or Not?

3. World History Recap • The “Calamitous” 14th Century • The Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453) between England and France • Who will control Europe? • Where will they get the resources to dominate? • The Black Death • One-third of Europe’s population dead • Decline in the workforce lead to greater reliance on technology • Decline in the popularity of the Catholic Church • Priests couldn’t save the dying • Papal Schism leads to Reformation • Martin Luther – with the help of the printing press – challenges the Catholic Church’s authority • Individual understanding of the Bible • Religious wars follow

4. Exploration – Using Primary and Secondary Sources • Primary Sources contemporary account • Secondary Sources  use primary sources to retell events • Which is more reliable?

5. Exploration – Using Primary andSecondary Sources • Why explore? • The simple answer is the “Three G’s” • God • Gold • Glory • But there is more to it than that! • We will use primary and secondary sources to investigate WHY people would risk their lives to look for something they weren’t even sure existed!

6. Exploration – Using Primary andSecondary Sources • With your group: • Examine your document. • Determine whether it is a primary or secondary source. • Read the source and record answers to the Analysis Questions on your own paper. • Answer them on your own to start even if you aren’t sure…go back over the source to find support. • THEN collaborate with your group and add to (or take away from) your answers. • Your group will be responsible for: • Summarizing your document. • Discussing what you have found in your documents regarding European motivations for exploration!

7. Synthesizing Our Information

8. Synthesizing Our Information

9. Homework • Complete Part 1 of the Exploration and Conquest Map • Use the provided map to complete the following: • Identify and label England, France, Spain and Portugal. • Identify and label Africa. • Create a key assigning a color to each country. • Identify colonial territories in the Americas and lightly shade those areas in the same color as the European power which conquered it.

10. Homework Check

11. Recap

12. Exploration – Using Primary andSecondary Sources • What are the impacts of exploration? • Keep in mind that Christopher Columbus “discovered” the New World the same way a stranger might “discover” your house! • We will use primary and secondary sources to investigate WHAT impact European explorers had on this New World.

13. Exploration – Using Primary andSecondary Sources • With your group: • Examine your document. • Determine whether it is a primary or secondary source. • Read the source and record answers to the Analysis Questions on your own paper. • Answer them on your own to start even if you aren’t sure…go back over the source to find support. • THEN collaborate with your group and add to (or take away from) your answers. • Your group will be responsible for: • Summarizing your document. • Discussing what you have found in your documents regarding what impact European exploration had on the New World!

14. Synthesizing Our Information

15. Synthesizing Our Information

16. Homework • Complete Parts 2-5 of the Exploration and Conquest Map • Select a new color and trace the pattern of the Columbian Exchange. • Add the Columbian Exchange to your key. • Identify at least four items that were traded in both directions. • Select a new color and trace the pattern of the Triangle Trade. • Add the Triangle Trade to your key. • Identify the items (at least two for each side)that were traded along these routes. • Identify and label the following Native American tribes/empires: • Inca • Aztec • Iroquois • Seminole • Cherokee • Powhatan • Label Jamestown and Plymouth.

17. Columbian Exchange Triangular Trade