1.2 The start of the Age of Discovery

1.2 The start of the Age of Discovery
Three ships of Columbus (1492) on the famous voyage when he discovered a new continent (America)
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1.2 The start of the Age of Discovery
Three ships of Columbus (1492) on the famous voyage when he discovered a new continent (America)

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Goals for this lesson
At the end of this lesson you understand...
  • What role trade with the East played in the Late Middle Ages and how it changed.
  • How tradeconflicts led to the age of discovery.
  • How Portugal became the dominant world power.

Slide 2 - Slide

Planning for this lesson
  1. Checking the homework
  2. Instruction paragraph 1.2 The start of the Age of Discovery
  3. Short assignment about the Age of Discovery 

Slide 3 - Slide

What famous European was the first to travel to Asia and write about his travels?
A
Vasco da gama
B
Bartolomeu Dias
C
Magellan
D
Marco Polo

Slide 4 - Quiz

What was the name of the famous trade route over land with the East?

Slide 5 - Open question

Marco Polo
Vasco da Gama
Bartolomeo Dias
Landroute to China
c. 1498
Route to South Africa
c. 1295
Route around Africa
c. 1488

Slide 6 - Drag question

Planning for this lesson
  1. Checking the homework
  2. Instruction paragraph 1.2 The start of the Age of Discovery
  3. Short assignment about the Age of Discovery 

Slide 7 - Slide

1.2 The start of the Age of Discovery
Three ships of Columbus (1492) on the famous voyage when he discovered a new continent (America)

Slide 8 - Slide

Worldmap from around 1200 AD

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Trade goods from 
the east
  • In the Late Middle Ages Europe traded a lot with Asia via the Middle East. 
  • There was not a lot of knowledge about Asia in Europe at the time. 

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Nutmeg (=nootmuskaat)
Pepper
Silk (=zijde) Type of fabric
Cinnamon (=kaneel)

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Marco Polo
  • Italian Merchant from Venice
  • Travelled to Asia between 1271 and 1295 AD
  • One of the first European discovers.

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Paying a high price
  • Products from Asia travalled to Europe through the Middle East= Silk Route
  • The middle men wanted to make a profit -> products became very expensive.
Arabian middle men took products from China to Europe

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The Silk Route

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Causes exploration
  • Ottomans (Turks) started asking higher prices -> Europeans want new routes to the East (Asia)
  • Invention of the compass and better ships. 
New type of ship: Carvello

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Slide 17 - Video

Portugal starts
  • Portugal tries to find a route around Africa.
  •  In 1488 they reached Cape of Good Hope.
  • In 1498 Vasco da Gama reaches India.

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Portugal World Power
  • After the explorarions Portugal became dominant  in the spicetrade.
  •  Portugal became a large naval power (large fleet). 

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Slide 20 - Video

Planning for this lesson
  1. Checking the homework
  2. Instruction paragraph 1.2 The start of the Age of Discovery
  3. Short assignment about the Age of Discovery 

Slide 21 - Slide