Who thinks people in the middle ages thought that the world was flat?
After the middle ages people loved to tell stories about how stupid people were in the middle ages.
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Lesson objectives
I can explain why people started to explore countries outside of Europe.
I know which inventions made exploration possible.
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Spices
Medieval food did not taste great.
Most of the time meals were made with preserved food. Like salted fish, or dried meat.
To make it somewhat edible, people added spices.
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Spices
Throughout the medieval times, spices got in Europe using the silk road.
The road was long and unsafe, and that made spices expensive.
In 1453 the prices got even higher, when the Ottomans gained a monopoly on spices.
A monopoly means that they were the only ones trading in spices and they raised the prices.
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Spices
Why didn't the Europeans go get the spices themselfs?
The maps were not reliable.
People were scared of what might live in the oceans.
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Homework
For yourselves 10 minutes.
Exc. 1, 2 and 3 on page 33, and do exc. 1, 2 and 3 on page 34
You can ask me questions, but you can't talk amongst yourselfs.
timer
10:00
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Homework.
Read page 102.
Do question 1, 2 and 3 on page 33, and do question 1, 2 and 3 on page 34 in pairs or in a group of three. You can quietly discus with the person next to you.
Lesson duration is: 60 min
