Essential Question

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• Essential Question

How did new technologies affect various parts of
the world?
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How did explorers navigate at sea?
Many tools to navigate came about through trade
COMPASS
ASTROLABE
Used a magnetized needle to determine direction
Used the sun and stars to determine latitude
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How did navigation improve maps?
Mapmakers
CARTOGRAPHERS
Used new data to create better maps
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What were their ships like?

• Design features
• Triangular sails
• Moveable rudder
• Small square sails
• Equipped with rifles and cannons

CARAVELS
European sailing vessels
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How powerful were the explorers?
An mixture of chemical that exploded when lit
GUNPOWDER
A Chinese invention
Brought to Europe during the Crusades
Fire power used in conquest.. Soon conquest
would go hand in hand with exploration
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• Essential Question

How did new technologies affect various parts of
the world?
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Why Europeans Colonized
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• G

• Gold
• Europeans want to get rich by
• Getting gold
• Trading spices
• Finding natural resources
• Q Why did the Europeans want to explore for
  trade routes? Why wouldnt they just travel
  through the Middle East to Asia?

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• G

• Glory
• Europeans compete to be the richest and biggest

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• G

• God
• Europeans want
• to spread Christianity

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• Reflection
• Which of the 3 Gs would be the most likely to
  motivate you to do something?
• Why?

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Maps Early Guns Caravel Compass
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Maps
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GPS
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Early Guns
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Missiles
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Caravel
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Military Ships
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Compass
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Car Directional
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Maps Early Guns Caravel Compass
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GPS Missiles Military Ships Car Directional
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