Age of Exploration ESL

Age of Exploration ESL

Learning Target: Recall (remember) concrete details (facts) about the motivations : God, Gold, and Glory. Explain (WHY) Europeans wanted to explore.

Poll

If you could travel (go) anywhere where would you go?

• Europe

• Canada, Alaska

• Africa

• India, Middle East, or Russia

• Central or South America,

Multiple Select

What kind of rewards do you think explorers were looking for? (pick 2 answers)

• Explorers were looking for gold, spices, new places, and new opportunities.

• Explorers were looking for new friends.

• Europeans were looking for another trade route to China and India

Multiple Choice

When we say Glory what does that mean to you?

• Glory is to be famous

• Glory is to study the Bible

• Glory is to make money

• Glory is to make friends

Open Ended

Why did Europeans want to explore? Give an example.

Multiple Choice

When we say European explorers were thinking about God what does that mean?

• They wanted to pray

• They wanted to learn about God

• They wanted to spread Christianity around the world

• They wanted to find new gods

Multiple Choice

How did new technologies like the astrolabe and compass help explorers?

• the astrolabe and compass helped explorers learn about the Native Americans

• the astrolabe and compass helped explorers eat better food

• the astrolabe and compass helped explorers navigate (find where they were going)

Multiple Choice

What do think was the most important thing Prince Henry the Navigator did?

• Henry the Navigator supported the explorers to help them pay for their trip (voyage)

• Henry the Navigator made new friends and allies

• Henry the Navigator helped the people make money

Multiple Choice

Diaz sailed around the southern tip of Africa. What is the tip of Africa called?

• The tip of Africa

• The Cape of Good Hope

• The Cape of Africa

Fill in the Blanks

Multiple Select

How did the Renaissance help motivate people to want to explore? Pick 2 answers

• Ideas like Humanism made people want to be successful

• The Reformation helped Europeans travel

• The Renaissance motivated businessmen to want to make more money

• The Renaissance didn't help European explorers

Multiple Choice

Look at the picture. What did Henry the Navigator do to help explorers?

• Henry the Navigator helped explorers find new friends.

• Henry the Navigator helped explorers by supporting (financing) their voyages (trips)

• Henry the Navigator helped explorers find new places to go.