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Splash Screen. Big Ideas Science and Technology The Renaissance brought about a scientific revolution that enabled Europeans to explore the world. Section 2-Main Idea. Content Vocabulary. astrolabe caravel circumnavigate. conquistador encomienda. Academic Vocabulary. route acquire

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  2. Big Ideas Science and TechnologyThe Renaissance brought about a scientific revolution that enabled Europeans to explore the world. Section 2-Main Idea

  3. Content Vocabulary • astrolabe • caravel • circumnavigate • conquistador • encomienda Academic Vocabulary • route • acquire • labor Section 2-Key Terms

  4. People and Events to Identify • Henry the Navigator • Amerigo Vespucci • Hernán Cortés • Francisco Pizarro • Samuel de Champlain Section 2-Key Terms

  5. A B Do you agree with the treatment that Native Americans received as Europeans explored new lands? A. Agree B. Disagree Section 2-Polling Question

  6. European Explorations Beginning in the 1400s, Europe entered a new era of intellectual and technological advancement known as the Renaissance. Section 2

  7. European Explorations(cont.) • The Crusades brought western Europeans into contact with the Arab civilization of the Middle East. • By the 1300s, Europeans had a strong economic motive to begin exploring the world for a route to Asia that bypassed the Italian city-states and the Arab kingdoms. • By the mid-1400s, four strong states—Portugal, Spain, England, and France—had emerged and were searching for a new route to Asia. Section 2

  8. European Explorations(cont.) • Vasco daGama, a Portuguese explorer, was the first to find a new route to Asia. • Scientific advances that allowed western Europeans to explore the world included: • astrolabe • compass • triangular-shaped lateen sails Portuguese Exploration and African Empires, c. 1450 Section 2

  9. European Explorations(cont.) • multiple masts • stern rudder • caravel Section 2

  10. A B C D Which time period marked an artistic flowering and a rebirth of interest in ancient Greece and Rome? A.The Middle Ages B.The Crusades C.The Renaissance D.The Bronze Age Section 2

  11. African Cultures Three great empires arose in West Africa and prospered from the gold trade. Section 2

  12. African Cultures (cont.) • Three West African empires prospered from trade of gold and salt: • the empire of Ghana • the empire of Mali • the empire of Songhai Portuguese Exploration and African Empires, c. 1450 Section 2

  13. African Cultures (cont.) • Slavery existed within African society. • Arab traders, as well as Europeans, brought slaves back from Africa. Section 2

  14. A B C D How did the three African empires gain wealth and power? A.Controlling trade in gold and salt B.Invading other empires around them C.Capturing European explorers D.Crafting jewelry to sell to explorers Section 2

  15. Exploring America Spain led in the early European exploration and colonization of the Americas. Section 2

  16. Exploring America(cont.) • Christopher Columbus sailed for India in 1492 but landed in the Bahamas. • In 1501, AmerigoVespuccilanded in a place that is now named after him—America. Section 2

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