Reasons for European Expansion

Protestant Reformation

• A religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches.

• Astrolabe; Compass - enabled explorers and traders to navigate across open ocean instead of hugging the shorelines

• Increased connections between Europe and Asia; increased European demand for trade goods from Asia

• a form of Christianity that was in opposition to the Catholic Church; said regular people could pray directly to God and read the bible themselves

Renaissance Navigation Technology

• rebirth"; following the Middle Ages, a European movement of renewed interest in the arts and sciences

• Astrolabe; Compass - enabled explorers and traders to navigate across open ocean instead of hugging the shorelines

• a form of Christianity that was in opposition to the Catholic Church; said regular people could pray directly to God and read the bible themselves

• Increased connections between Europe and Asia; increased European demand for trade goods from Asia

Results of the Crusades

• Increased connections between Europe and Asia; increased European demand for trade goods from Asia

• A religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches.

• "rebirth"; following the Middle Ages, a European movement of renewed interest in the arts and sciences

• a form of Christianity that was in opposition to the Catholic Church; said regular people could pray directly to God and read the bible themselves

Protestantism

• A series of holy wars from 1096-1270 AD undertaken by European Christians to free Christian holy sites from Muslim control.

• German monk who became one of the most famous critics of the Roman Catholic Church. He was a leader of the Protestant Reformation

• a form of Christianity that was in opposition to the Catholic Church; said regular people could pray directly to God and read the bible themselves

• "rebirth"; following the Middle Ages, a European movement of renewed interest in the arts and sciences

Renaissance

• "rebirth"; following the Middle Ages, a European movement of renewed interest in the arts and sciences

• a form of Christianity that was in opposition to the Catholic Church; said regular people could pray directly to God and read the bible themselves

• A series of holy wars from 1096-1270 AD undertaken by European Christians to free Christian holy sites from Muslim control.

• Series of trade routes connecting Asia with the Middle East and then Europe; traders would travel segments of the route; very hazardous due to deserts, mountains and robbers

Martin Luther

• A series of holy wars from 1096-1270 AD undertaken by European Christians to free Christian holy sites from Muslim control.

• A religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches.

• Increased connections between Europe and Asia; increased European demand for trade goods from Asia

• German monk who became one of the most famous critics of the Roman Catholic Church. He was a leader of the Protestant Reformation

Crusades

• Astrolabe; Compass - enabled explorers and traders to navigate across open ocean instead of hugging the shorelines

• A series of holy wars from 1096-1270 AD undertaken by European Christians to free Christian holy sites from Muslim control.

• a form of Christianity that was in opposition to the Catholic Church; said regular people could pray directly to God and read the bible themselves

• Increased connections between Europe and Asia; increased European demand for trade goods from Asia

Silk Road

• Series of trade routes connecting Asia with the Middle East and then Europe; traders would travel segments of the route; very hazardous due to deserts, mountains and robbers

• A religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches.

• a form of Christianity that was in opposition to the Catholic Church; said regular people could pray directly to God and read the bible themselves

• German monk who became one of the most famous critics of the Roman Catholic Church. He was a leader of the Protestant Reformation