Push and Pull

Push and Pull

Why do people move?

Why did people explore?

1. They’re lostThe Three “G”s2. Gold 3. Glory4. God

Vikings Discover America

Vikings got lost and discovered New World

Eric the Red

• Had red hair• Discovered

Greenland…yeah!• Father of Leif

Eriksson

Bjarni Herjolfsson

• Lived in Norway. • In 986 went to visit his parents in

Greenland.• Got blown off course on the way and

ended up off the coast of Canada.• Didn’t land his ship or explore the coast

because he was in a hurry to see his parents

Leif Ericson• Heard about a land to

the West of Greenland from Bjarni Herjolfsson

• Explored America. • Established a Norse

settlement at Newfoundland, Canada

Meanwhile, back in Europe

• The Dark Ages• The feudal system was in effect• Many poor. Few rich

What was Europe like?

Feudal system

How was truth found at this time?

• Tradition• Superstition• The Catholic Church• Very little free thinking

What was the Renaissance?

• A rebirth

Rebirth of what?

Classical Ideas

Classical

• refers to the culture of Ancient Greece or Rome

Plato Aristotle

Scholarly work

RenaissanceArt

Middle Ages Art

Architecture

Science

GalileoGalilee

•Invented the telescope•Mapped the skies•Said the sun was the center of the solar system and not Earth

Leonardo da Vinci

“Vitruvian Man”

Blend of science and

art

Government

What does this all mean???

• Free thinking

• Exploration• Pushing the

boundaries• Desire to

see the world

• PUSHES

Printing Press

• Johannes Gutenberg in 1439 introduces movable type

• Books can be mass produced

Before Gutenberg

After Gutenberg

Gutenberg’s Press

Spread ideas of the renaissance

throughout Europe and the world

The Crusades

Crusaders go to the Middle East and North Africa

•Get a taste for Arabian goods•Sugar•Spices•Glass•Silk•Creates a demand in Europe for Arabian goods

The Travels of Marco Polo• He went to China when he

was 17.• Lived there from 1274-1291• Told of the great China

civilization• Brought back spices, silk,

glass and treasures.• Made nations want to

explore• Caused nations to want to

go to the Orient

Nations began to be strong

• The nations competed for:– Gold – Land or Colonies– Trading routes– Remember the rule:• Finders keepers

So what drives the age of exploration???????

The wealth of the Orient

Major powers in Europe

• Portugal got rich from Africa and Asia trade• Spain was rich from trade

Any country that wants to be wealthy needs to trade with Asia

Coming soon….

The Search for a new route to Asia hits a continent-sized

roadblock.