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Reasons to Explore: - find new trade routes - acquire new riches - to establish overseas empires - spread the word of God, increase their power

Portugal Leads - Prince Henry encouraged sea exploration. - His ships sailed to explore the western coast of Africa - Vasco de Gama led ships across the Indian Ocean - Portuguese created large trading empire around the Indian Ocean

Columbus Sails: -Gets King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to pay for his voyage. - Sails west and stumbles upon the new world

Objectives: Understand European motivation for exploring the seas. Analyze Early Portuguese and Spanish Explorations. Describe European searches for a direst route to Asia.

The Search For Spices

- The Crusades introduced the Europeans to the luxury good from Asia. - The Europeans then traded with the Asians taking complex routes through the Mongol Empire - Spices used to preserve food, add flavor to meat and make medicines and perfumes. - The Arabs along with the Italians controlled the trade between Asia and Europe - Prince Henry believed that the Portuguese could convert the Africans from islam to Christianity. - That way it would be easier to find the riches the Muslime traders had controlled. - The Portugues crew was npw run by a navigator named Vasco de Gama who led the ships around the Cape of Good Hope. - They reached a port in India called Calicut - Created a vast tradie empire called World Power - The news of Portugal's success spread and everyone began to look for a sea route to Asia - Christopher Columbus knew that the world was a sphere - The Portuguese would not help him and so he got assistance from the Queen and King of Spain - The Pope set a Line of Demarcation which divided the non- European world into two zones. - The west belonged to Spain, east for Portugal - Direct route to Asia had not been found - Soon, Ferdinand's found the South Sea, which he renamed as the Pacific Ocean, from the latin word 'peaceful' - Ferdinand's mission was now accomplished.

Identify an item that is of great value today:- Bauxite - Who controls the item? Guyana - What prevents people from obtaining? Write a paragraph: How and why did Portugal take the lead in overseas exploration? Portugal took the lead in overseas exploration because Prince Henry got together scientists, map makers and other experts to help explore the Western Coast of Africa.

Debate on celebrating Columbus day: - Argue for the Holiday - Argue Against the Holiday - Panel

1. Geography Interactive Guided Tour 2. News Search: Scan the news for articles about turbulence or economic difficulties in Africa 3. Did any of these problems stem from events during the Age of Exploration?

How and why did the Portuguese begin exploration in Africa. Predict: what would the impact be in South and Southeast Asia? The Portuguese had set up trading posts, forts and footholds and were not trying to stay permanently. They wanted to South and Southeast Asia will also probably do as much trading as possible and leave.

You are a European explorer setting up a trading post in Asia. List the preparations that you need to make in order to develop a successful trading post. - Set up in an area that is easily accessed - Make sure you have protection - Make sure you have resources that others want

- Think about ways to respond to a bully: fight back, negotiate and give in. What are the pros and cons of each option?

Fighting back Pro: Might be victorious Con: You could lose

Negotiate Pro: Reach a temporary agreement Con: There's no such thing as negotiating with a bully, they'll do what they want in the end

Give in Pro: don't lose lives Con: not able to defend your rights

Strategic: to act with a strategy in mind, to not just do things, but to do them with a plan

Objectives: - Summarize how Portugal built a trading empire in South and Southeast Asia.

European Footholds in South and Southeast Asia - After Vasco de Gaa's voyage, the Portuguese spread into the indian Ocean. - By that time, the Muslim rulers already established the Mughal empire throughout most of India. - The Portuguese took over the island of Goa, which is off the coats of India - Made into their military and commercial base. - In less than 50 years, the Portuguese had built a trading empire with military and merchant outposts. - The Portuguese lacked resources to make inroads to the region. - They made an effort to convert their people to Christianity and by 1600's, they converted fewer than a million people to Christianity - Christianity would unite people. - The Dutch were the first Europeans to challenge portuguese domination of Asian trade. - In 1599, the Dutch came back to Amsterdam from being in Asia for over a year - They brought back spices - The Netherlands gained a secure foothold in the region after a frency of overseas activities - In 1602, the Dutch East India Company was formed by a group of wealthy Dutch merchant. - The company had full sovereign power, unlike the Spanish and Portuguese companies, and were powerful from the start. Eventually dominated region. - In 1641, Malacca was caputured from the Portuguese by the Dutch and opened trade with China. - A monopoly was then formed in the spice islands, controlling shipments to Europe as well as trade within Southeast Asia. - The Dutch trading empire declined - Spain decided to take over the Phillipines because the Dutch and the Portuguese set up bases on the fringes of Asia. - Filipinos were not united so they decided to turn them all to Chrisitanity creating a stronger force. - Mughal India: center of spice trade, major in exporting a lot of silk and cotton cloth - No kingdom in Europe was as large or as wealthy or as powerful - Over time, Mughal empire weakened. - Used its great wealth to dominate most of India.

Objectives: - Describe European contacts with Ming China - Understand the Manchu conquest and its impact on European trade. - Analyze the factors that led Korea to isolate itself from other nations - Summarize Japan's attitude toward foreign trade and how they changed over time.

Encounters in East Asia
 * The European's increasing profits in the trade industry led them to trade with the Chinese.
 * The Chinese had no interest in Europe, and claimed they owned the world
 * The Portuguese traded gold and silvr with the Chinese since it was the only thing Europeans had that was of equal value to Chinese porcelain and crafts, metal which was superior to what was found in Europe.
 * In later years, Christian missionaries, primarily Jesuists, came to China in hopes of converting the people and teach them about the Renaissance.
 * Despite their effots, the missionaries failed to change the Chinese, including Matteo Ricci who was one of the most prestigious Jesuit priests at the time.
 * In the early 1600s, the Ming were conquered by the machus people
 * After taking control of Chine, the Manchus made Beijin their capital in 1644
 * Established the Qing dynasty which was ruled by a Confucian government.
 * Chinese borders were extended, influence spread and peace maintained during the rule of Kangzi
 * Silk, cotton, and porcelain industries rose sharply as well
 * Korea is invaded by Japan and after recovery, the Qing come in and take over them
 * This makes things hard for the Koreans to warm up to the Europeans.
 * Japanese welcomes Europeans to trade with.
 * Shoguns, powerful military leaders viewed the Europeans as source of trouble after hearing what went on in other Asian countries.
 * The Japanese were fed up with this and decided to retaliate.

Please complete the following evaluation of the Great Person visiting the classroom today:

1) Report Card for Queen Elizabeth I (1) || Below Average  (2) || Average  (3) || Above Average  (4) || Outstanding  (5) ||
 * || Poor
 * Charisma ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||
 * Intelligence ||  ||   ||   || 4 ||   ||
 * Determination ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||
 * Ability to Problem-Solve ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||
 * Decision-Making Ability ||  || 2 ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Describe the person's leadership style ||  ||   ||   || 4 ||   ||
 * Significance to others ||  || 2 ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Evidence of Achievements ||  || 2 ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Relevance to Contemporary History ||  ||   ||   || 4 ||   ||
 * Overall Impact on History ||  ||   ||   || Score: ||   ||
 * Overall Impact on History ||  ||   ||   || Score: ||   ||

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Please complete the following evaluation of the Great Person visiting the classroom today:

1) Report Card for Phillip (1) || Below Average  (2) || Average  (3) || Above Average  (4) || Outstanding  (5) ||
 * || Poor
 * Charisma ||  ||   ||   || x ||   ||
 * Intelligence ||  ||   || x ||   ||   ||
 * Determination ||  ||   ||   || x ||   ||
 * Ability to Problem-Solve ||  ||   || x ||   ||   ||
 * Decision-Making Ability ||  ||   || x ||   ||   ||
 * Describe the person's leadership style ||  ||   || x ||   ||   ||
 * Significance to others ||  ||   ||   || x ||   ||
 * Evidence of Achievements ||  ||   || x ||   ||   ||
 * Relevance to Contemporary History ||  ||   ||   ||   || x ||
 * Overall Impact on History ||  ||   || 4 || Score: || 32 ||
 * Overall Impact on History ||  ||   || 4 || Score: || 32 ||