Period 1 --Project: Age of Exploration (1400-1800)
Group#1 -lily Tao,
Cristal Lin and
April Teng
Group#2 -Chelsea
Aguilar, Jade Garcia
and Monique Luna
Group#3 - Amy
Guerrero, Angela
Hernandez and Michel
Martinez
Assignment #:6 Please report:
1) In what ways did Europeans owe some of their sailing technology to other peoples of the world? Think
about: •The astrolabe •The compass
2) Summarizing: How does the phrase “God, glory and gold” summarized the Europeans’ motives for
exploration?
3) Analyzing issues: Why did many European merchants dislike the way goods were traded from East to
West?
Assignment #1: Create a PPP (not more than 7 slides) for the early explorers using the data. You need to
provide brief information for each one of the early explorers.
Early explorers:
The Phoenicians- between 1100 BC -700 BC
The Egyptians- Queen Hatshepsut- 1490 BC
Imperial expansion- Alexander the Great and the Roman Empire
(350 BC-500 AD)
The Vikings-Middle Ages (8th to 12th centuries).
The Silk Road -500 BC-1650 AD
Arab adventures- 6th - 7th centuries-by camels and 13th by boats.
Portugal-the Age of Exploration begins in 1415Prince Henry, known as Henry the Navigator.
Assignment #2:
Create a PPP (not more than 5 slides) to show what factors helped spur European exploration? Explain
each one of the factors.
Group#4 - Alize
Dorado, Priscilla
Hernandez and
Christina Ochoa
Assignment #3:
Create a PPP (not more than 5 slides) to show and explain the tools of the age of exploration.
Group#5 - Alyssa
Andrade and Reney
Diaz and Yvette
Negrette
Assignment #4:
Create a PPP (not more than 5 slides) to identify the first explorers. You should show the name of the
explorer the country he represents and the discovery he did or any contributions.
Group#6 - Elva
Jimenez, Jacqueline
Corona and Lauren
Herrera
Assignment #8: Please report to us:
1) Connect Past to Present:
•What possible rewards might come from exploring the sea for new lands?
•What possible rewards might come from modern- day space voyages to Mars or other planets?
Group#7- Kimberly
Lim, Crystal
Menendez and Kathy
Medina
Assignment #7: Please report:
1) How did the Treaty of Tordesillas ease tensions between Spain and Portugal?
2) How did the European domination of the Indian Ocean trade eventually impact Europeans back home?
3) Sailing innovations: Of all the technological advances that helped prompt European exploration which
do you think was the most important? Why? Be detailed.
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Assignment #5:Please report:
Group#8- Arielle
1. What did the Treaty of Tordesillas reveal about Europeans’ attitudes toward non-European lands and
Romero and Briana
peoples? Be detailed.
Simental and Meghan
Think about: The dispute between the Portuguese and Spanish; How the treaty settled the dispute.
Pedilla
2. How did the arrival of Europeans affect the peoples of the East in general?
3. How were the Dutch able to dominate the Indian Ocean trade?
Group#9- Emma Li, HildaAssignment#9:Please report:
•What role did Portugal’s Prince Henry play in overseas exploration?
Liang
•What was the significance of Bartholomeo Dias’s and Vasco de Gama’s voyages?
•Why were the Dutch so successful in establishing a trading empire in the Indian Ocean? Be detailed.