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Push and Pull. Why do people move?. Why did people explore?. They’re lost The Three “ G”s Gold Glory 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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Push and Pull

Why do people move?

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Why did people explore?

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

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Vikings Discover America

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Vikings got lost and discovered New World

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Eric the Red

• Had red hair• Discovered

Greenland…yeah!• Father of Leif

Eriksson

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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

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Leif Ericson• Heard about a land to

the West of Greenland from Bjarni Herjolfsson

• Explored America. • Established a Norse

settlement at Newfoundland, Canada

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Meanwhile, back in Europe

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

What was Europe like?

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Feudal system

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How was truth found at this time?

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

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What was the Renaissance?

• A rebirth

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Rebirth of what?

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Classical Ideas

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Classical

• refers to the culture of Ancient Greece or Rome

Plato Aristotle

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Scholarly work

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RenaissanceArt

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Middle Ages Art

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Architecture

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Science

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GalileoGalilee

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

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Leonardo da Vinci

“Vitruvian Man”

Blend of science and

art

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Government

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What does this all mean???

• Free thinking

• Exploration• Pushing the

boundaries• Desire to

see the world

• PUSHES

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Printing Press

• Johannes Gutenberg in 1439 introduces movable type

• Books can be mass produced

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Before Gutenberg

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After Gutenberg

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Gutenberg’s Press

Spread ideas of the renaissance

throughout Europe and the world

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The Crusades

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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

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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

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Nations began to be strong

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

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

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The wealth of the Orient

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Major powers in Europe

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

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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.