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    New knowledge and ideas from the Renaissance led Europeans to explore overseas for trade and discovery. The Crusades and Marco Polo's travels exposed Europeans to valuable goods from Asia and sparked their interest in establishing direct trade routes to avoid middlemen. Advances in navigation technology like the compass, astrolabe and caravel ships enabled long voyages. Nations like Portugal and Spain began exploring for sea routes to Asia in hopes of wealth and competition with other powers.

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    A Changing World

    Chapter 2, Section 1
    Chapter 2
    Exploring the Americas

     Section 1 – A Changing World


     Section 2 – Early Exploration
     Section 3 – Spain in America
     Section 4 – Exploring North America
     Chapter Review
     Chapter 2 Test
    Main Idea

     New knowledge and


    ideas led Europeans to
    explore overseas.
    What led Europeans
    to Explore the World?

     The Crusades and Marco Polo’s book


    made many Europeans excited at the
    idea of trading directly with the Far
    East.

    Trade
    The Journey of Marco Polo
    What led Europeans
    to Explore the World?
     Merchants could become wealthy
    trading for Asian goods, such as
    spices, silks and precious stones.

     Europeans wanted to trade with the


    Far East, but avoid Silk Road
    dangers & the high prices of Arab
    merchants.

    Trade
    What led Europeans
    to Explore the World?

     Interest in classical ideas -


    Greek & Roman

     A greater curiosity about the


    world - the Renaissance

    Renaissance
    What led Europeans
    to Explore the World?

     Powerful nations emerge in


    Europe

     Kings and Queens competed


    with other countries for new
    discoveries and trade routes.

    Competition
    What led Europeans
    to Explore the World?

     Advances in technology
    – Magnetic compass
    – Astrolabe
    – Caravels (triangular sails,
    stern rudder)
    – More accurate maps

    Technology
    The Age of Exploration Begins

     By the mid-1400’s,
    Portugal & Spain began
    searching for sea-
    routes to Asia.

     Portugal sent ships


    down the west coast of
    Africa to places
    Europeans had never
    reached.
    African Kingdoms

     Ghana, A Trading Empire (400-1100)


    – Trade caravans traveled across the Sahara Desert to and from
    Ghana

     Mali, A Powerful Kingdom (1200’s-1300’s)


    – Powerful empire led by king, Mansa Musa
    – Annual pilgrimage to holy Muslim city of Mecca

     The Songhai Empire (1400’s)


    – Became largest West African empire
    – Government based on the holy book of Islam, the Quran
    Vocabulary Practice

    B 1. time of "rebirth" when


    __
    Europeans became more
    curious about the world
    D 2. an instrument used by sailors A. classical
    __
    to observe positions of the B. Renaissance
    stars C. technology
    A 3. relating to ancient Greece
    __ D. astrolabe
    and Rome E. caravel

    C 4. the application of scientific


    __
    discoveries to practical use
    E 5. three-masted ship that was
    __
    faster and could carry heavier
    loads than earlier ships
    Vocabulary Practice
    B
    __ 1. religious wars between
    Christians and Muslims where
    Europeans were first exposed
    to Asian goods
    D
    __ 2. country where Marco Polo A. Marco Polo
    spent 17 years before B. The Crusades
    returning home to Italy
    C. Italy
    E
    __ 3. European country that first
    D. China
    used caravels and explored
    the west coast of Africa E. Portugal

    __
    A 4. wrote influential book about
    his travels to Asia
    __
    C 5. European country that became
    the center of east-west trade
    in the 1400's

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