Do Now

Turn to a blank page in the Do Now section of your

binder
Freewrite: What do you recall about the Renaissance, the
Reformation, and the Age of Exploration?
What

made it possible?
Who were important artists, thinkers, explorers, political
leaders?
What changes did this era lead to in Europe?
What effects did it have on the rest of the world?

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Renaissance & Exploration
Key Terms:
caravel Portuguese or Spanish ships, capable of longer

voyages
astrolabe device used for calculating latitude
Reconquista Christian expulsion of Muslims from Spain

I. Technological Advances
A.
B.

Mariners Compass, astrolabe, caravel

Made exploration in open water possible

II. Rise of the Nation-State

A.

B.

1469 union of Castile and

Aragon through marriage of
Ferdinand and Isabella
unified Spanish state
1492 Reconquista
1.

2.

defeat of Muslims, who

Ferdinand and Isabella
drove from Spain
importance of unified
Catholic empire

II. Rise of the Nation-State

England and France

C.

1.

2.

3.

Fought Hundred
Years War (13371453), depleting
resources
Both fought civil
wars until late 1400s
Beginning in 1500s,
were unified nations
(unlike the rest of
Europe)

III. Seeking a Trade Route to Asia

A.

B.

C.

1453 Ottoman Emp.

captures Constantinople
and blocks trade
Portuguese find route
around Africa (1498
Vasco da Gama)
Columbus believed he
could find a Western route

III. Seeking a Trade Route to Asia

A.

B.

C.

1453 Ottoman Emp.

captures Constantinople
and blocks trade
Portuguese find route
around Africa (1498
Vasco da Gama)
Columbus believed he
could find a Western route