Friday, February 8, 2013

God, Gold, and Glory

Objective
  • Explain the major causes of European Exploration
  • Describe how the rise commerce leads to a change in world power
Agenda 
  1. Warm-Up #6
    1. Imagine you are living in Spain during the 1500s.  What might encourage you to get on a wooden boat and travel for months to Asia or the Americas using an untested and dangerous route?
  2. Age of Exploration PowerPoint
    1. Why?
    2. Goods
    3. Commerce
    4. Technology
    5. Explorers
    6. Shifts in Power
  3. Homework
    1. For Monday - Quiz #4: Columbian Exchange (CC23) & Slave Trade (CC24)
    2. For Tuesday - Quiz #5: Buddhism (CC6) & Islam (CC13)
    3. For Thursday - Quiz #6: Mongols (CC17) & 15th Century Mariners (CC21)