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Chapter 5. The Age Of Exploration. Chapter 5 Focus Question. What factors might motivate a society to venture into unknown regions beyond its borders . Think/Pair/Share activity: Create a list of all factors that you think may have been factors that motivated exploration.
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Chapter 5 The Age Of Exploration
Chapter 5 Focus Question • What factors might motivate a society to venture into unknown regions beyond its borders. • Think/Pair/Share activity: Create a list of all factors that you think may have been factors that motivated exploration. • Exchange your list with a partner.
Vocabulary • Indigenous • caravel • missionaries • cartographers • vessel • cogs • kayak • contractor • exploration • invasion • merchants • navigation • foreigner • expansionism • circumnavigate • discovery • reposition
Organizing Past and Prior Knowledge T-Chart Activity
What’s happening in each hemisphere? New World Old World
Focus Question:What factors led to exploration and expansionism? To find more resources to increase wealth The demand for more Luxury Resources Spread Christianity To find a faster travel route to the East Gain Territory for mother country Period of creativity.
Student Focus: How did the exchange of knowledge and technology make European exploration possible? Questions to consider: Without an aerial view of a continent how could cartographers draw accurate maps? What tools or technology would cartographers need to make accurate maps for early exploration? What knowledge and skills would map makers need to produce accurate maps of the areas explored? How would the increase in the availability of information and the renewal of learning help advance early exploration?