10-4-2011 Age of Exploration

10-4-2011 AGE OF EXPLORATION1. What was one positive result of the

Crusades?2. What were the two Italian cities that

were part of the major trade routes from the East to Europe?

3. Who discovered the Cape of Good Hope?

4. What was Portugal’s most profitable colony?

5. List 2 reasons for the Age of Exploration?

10-5-2011 AGE OF EXPLORATION1. What century would the 1500’s be?2. What country colonized Australia?3. What country do these people belong

to – Prince Henry the Navigator, Dias, Vasco da Gama?

4. What country do we associate the conquistadors?

9-27-2012 NAME THAT COUNTRY1. Most profitable colony was Brazil.2. Captain James Cook3. New World4. Bartholomeu Dias, Vasco da Gama, Prince Henry

the Navigator5. 13 colonies6. Canada (2 countries) Circle the one who

eventually gained control7. Philippines8. Conquistadors9. Penal colony10. If an event occurred in 1492, what century

would that be?

10-11-2011 TEST REVIEW1. What is the love and pride in one’s

country?2. What is the build up of military power

and adopting warlike attitude?3. What is a group of countries who

agreed to defend each other from attack?

4. What is the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countires?

10-17-20111. What is having pride in one’s country?2. Who was assassinated that led to

Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia thus starting World War I?

3. What were Russian rulers called?4. Who was Nicholas II?

MAP OF THE CRUSADES

DATE: 9/25/2012 TITLE: WHO AM I?1. Who started a naval observatory

where students studied navigation, astronomy, and cartography?

2. Who discovered the Cape of Good Hope?

3. Who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to India?

There are many reasons why Portugal, Spain, England and France wanted to explore land in Asia, Africa and the Americas.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

VENICE AND GENOA, ITALY

Genoa

Venice

SPANISH EMPIRE

EMPIRE OF SPAIN One of the largest empire in history 1490’s – Christopher Columbus

Discovered the BahamasThought he was in AsiaLater learned that Columbus found two continents“New World” – gave Spain much wealth

Spanish conquistadors: conquered Incas and Aztecs Claimed huge areas on North and South America Empire stretched to Asia – controlled the Philippines

EMPIRE OF ENGLAND British empire – largest in history Controlled Canada, Australia, India, much of eastern

Africa and many islands around world 18th century - North America under rule of England and

France Great Britain won control Lost the 13 American colonies Kept control over Canada until 20th century

Colonized continent of Australia By 1920’s – ¼ of world’s population was under British

control – “the sun never sets on the British empire” After WWII – most territories and colonies- independent

FRENCH EMPIRE

EMPIRE OF FRANCE By 1812 – controlled much of Germany,

Italy and Spain 16th and 17th centuries – controlled

islands in Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, the South Pacific, the North Pacific, and North Atlantic.

Had influence on parts of Canada, South America, Southeast Asia, and Northwest Africa

THE COLONIZATION OF AUSTRALIA 1770 – Captain James Cook sailed to Australia

Claimed the east coast for Great Britain Named it “New South Wales”

1788 – Britain colonized Australia Created a penal (prison) colony

4 main reasons Britain colonized Australia1. Relieve overcrowding in Great Britain’s jail2. Important to have a navy established in Australia

for the southern hemisphere3. Economic base to expand trade4. British government did not want its rivals, the

French, to start a colony on the Australian continent