AGE OF EXPLORATION
Why, where, & who changed history by
exploring their world?
AGE OF EXPLORATION
Bell Ringer:
„ What
would motivate you to
leave your family, security,
and comfort behind for an
unknown future?
Learning Intention:
„ Motivations
Exploration
„ Sailing
for European
Success Criteria:
„I
can explain the motivations
for European Exploration.
„I
can identify and locate the
routes of major explorers.
„I
can identify and locate
major European colonies in
the New World.
Routes & Locations
Vocabulary
Colonize
Route
Circumnavigate
„ "God,
Gold, and Glory” is a phrase giving the
reasons or motivations for why the early
explorers went to the Americas.
„ When
you think of the actual trip the explorers
had to endure to reach their destination, they
had to have very important reasons to risk
starvation, disease, drowning, and murder!
GOD, GOLD, AND GLORY
GOD
Ø Some
went believing that they
must bring their religious beliefs
to the peoples of the Americas,
and that God would reward
them for doing it.
Ø Religion
was very important to
people, and many explorers left
their own country to spread
their religion to new lands.
GLORY
Ø Glory
was to be found in the
adventure and in the land they
might claim, making them rich
lords instead of poor sailors.
Ø Many
average people longed
to have "celebrity status" so
they would set out on an
adventurous voyage on the
open seas to see what they
could find.
GOLD
Ø Rumors
of gold – amounts
beyond their wildest dreams –
made men believe they could
get rich quickly.
Ø Explorers
took the risk of setting
sail because the pay off could
be HUGE. If an explorer found
new land, he would be paid in
gold and riches by the king and
queen.
Bartolomeo Dias
Vasco da Gama
EUROPEAN EXPLORERS
FERDINAND MAGELLAN
Ø While
each of the explorers had
their own reasons for sailing
away from comfort & security
and out into the unknown, part
of their motivations were God,
Gold, or Glory.
DRAW AND LABEL DIAS’S ROUTE
DRAW AND LABEL VASCO DA GAMA’S ROUTE
DRAW AND LABEL MAGELLAN’S ROUTE