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The Age of Exploration

Subject Area: Social Studies | Grade Level: 10
Lesson Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Keywords/Tags: Age of Exploration, Explorers, Voyage
Lesson Description: In this lesson, students will research explorers during the age of exploration. They will learn reasons for exploration, consequences of exploration, and its lasting legacy. Students will also be forming their own voyage in which they will understand what goes in to planning for such a feat.

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Video : Columbus, Vasco da Gama, and Zheng He - 15th Century Mariners: Crash Course World History #21

Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.

Description: In the video, John Green explains the impact of Columbus, Vasco da Gama, and Zheng He. Each of which made voyages that impacted the world. In good ways and in some cases, terrible ways. Though modern historians have differing opinions on certain explorers morals. It can not be debated their impact on the history of the world.

Reading : The Age of Exploration

Instructions: Please read the following article as many times as needed (aloud and silent) before starting to go through the rest of the lesson pages. Understanding the content of this passage is very important since the following lesson activities will be all about this content. Feel free to print the article if needed. After reading the passage, answer the corresponding question.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AC7Hkb20eM5SX2b_OWlMLbj53Eh92kQcEupjSzBEUY4/edit

Description: The following reading is an overview of the age of exploration. including, how voyages were funded, who funded the voyages, who sailed, and why the voyages were taking place. This is a very interesting summary of the age of exploration. Students will the complete the 10 questions at the end of the reading to show their comprehension.

Quiz : Crash Course World History: COLUMBUS, DE GAMA AND ZHENG HE! 15TH CENTURY MARINERS QUIZ

Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. You can take this quiz as many times needed.

Question #1

What was the Kowtow?

A) A way for foreign traders to show respect to the Chinese emperor in order to form trade relations with China.

B) A way for traders to engage in Chinese traditional dances.

C) The toe of a cow

Question #2

What are characteristics of 15th century Portugal?

A) It has a fair bit of coast line.

B) It is relatively resource poor.

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Question #3

What was ironic about Prince Henry the Navigator?

A) He was not a Prince

B) He believed the world was round

C) He was not a Navigator

D) he believed Earth was flat

Question #4

What were Prince Henry’s 2 motivations for exploration?

A) He wanted to find his wife and release captives

B) Find a path to the Indian ocean and find the Kingdom of Prester John

C) Teach people to use a compass and read a map

D) Find the lost city of Atlantis and extend his territory

Question #5

What did Vasco de Gama claim he was looking for?

A) Silver and Muslims

B) Bronze and hindus

C) Gold and Christians

D) Platinum and Zoroastrians

Question #6

What did Portugal create in the Indian Ocean?

A) A secret society for sailors.

B) A large bridge connecting the continents.

C) A small Island to store goods coming from india

D) A Trading Post Empire.

Question #7

How did the Portuguese use the cartaz to control trade?

A) They gave the cartaz to England so they could use their Navy

B) Only ships with a cartaz could trade in Portuguese controlled cities

C) They sold the Cortas for an extreme profit

D) They were able to use them in time of emergency

Question #8

What was Columbus wrong about in reality?

A) He was wrong about the size of the Earth

B) He was wrong about the Earth being round

C) He was wrong about the direction he sailed

D) He was wrong about the time it takes to travel

Question #9

Where did Columbus believe he had landed?

A) Miami

B) China

C) India

D) the East Indies

Question #10

What was the line of demarcation?

A) A north south line that split into two parts that could be claimed by Portugal or Spain.

B) The line that would later become known as the equator.

C) A line that separates the north of Spain and the South or Portugal.

D) All of the above.

Description: This quiz is made up of 10 multiple choice questions that correspond to the video.

Resources : The Age of Exploration extra resources

Instructions: Please see additional external resources below. Feel free visit each link to learn more about this

What Started The Age Of Exploration? | The Face Of The World | Absolute History

A Brief History of the Age of Exploration

The Age of Discovery

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Video : Columbus, Vasco da Gama, and Zheng He - 15th Century Mariners: Crash Course World History #21

Reading : The Age of Exploration

Quiz : Crash Course World History: COLUMBUS, DE GAMA AND ZHENG HE! 15TH CENTURY MARINERS QUIZ

Resources : The Age of Exploration extra resources