Immersion-The+Age+of+Exploration+and+Expansion

=Resources=

Read each of the resources listed below. Use the information contained in each resource to help you define key terms and people, as well as answer main idea questions.


 * [|Holt Text Ch 1 Section 4 p.p 24-27]
 * [|Holt Text Ch 2 Section 1 Europeans Set Sail>]
 * [|Age of Exploration]
 * [|ABC-CLIO, "The Far Corners of the World"]
 * [|Portugal & Prince Henry]
 * [|ABC-CLIO, "Christopher Columbus"]

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=Video Resources=

- Click on the Hippocampus icon below. It will take you to our Hippocampus class page. - Find the videos listed below on the left side of the screen under "****BOOKMARKS"** Technological Factors Rise of Nation-States
 * Instructions

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 * Medieval Europe looks to the past for inspiration; eventually paving the way for the Renaissance, mercantile nation-states in competition with each other, and The Age of Exploration.**

=Key Terms & People=

Using the above listed resources, write a definition for each of the following terms or people listed in your //**Social Studies Only**// notebook/binder. Include a title above your definitions, such as "Age of Exploration Terms," so that your information stays organized.
 * Prince Henry the Navigator
 * Christopher Columbus
 * Vasco da Gama
 * caravel
 * astrolabe
 * cartography

=Main Ideas=

Answer the following questions in your //**Social Studies Only**// notebook/binder. The answers may be written as a complete paragraph, as a list, or as a picture/diagram. Make sure to include a title above your answers, such as "Age of Exploration Questions," so that your information stays organized. __//Make sure you can acknowledge the source for the information you used for your answer.//__


 * 1) What was the Age of Exploration? What reasons did European nations have for wanting to explore new worlds? (Optional graphic organizer for use with note taking.[| European Exploration GO.pdf])
 * 2) Why did European leaders and explorers want to find a sailing trade route to Asia instead of continuing to use the overland trade route?
 * 3) Identify Prince Henry and explain his significance to the events of the world at his time.
 * 4) What technological inventions and improvements promoted the Age of Exploration?
 * 5) Identify Christopher Columbus and explain his significance to the events of the world at his time.

=Extensions= The information below is //**optional**// and is meant only to extend the knowledge you have gained from the primary resources listed above.

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