4-1.1 Important Information

Vocabulary

• Economic factors
• Riches
• International trade
• Age of exploration
• European/ Europe
• Merchants
• Spices
• Profit
• Expenses
• Middlemen
• Portuguese / Portugal
• Water route
• Prince Henry
• Economic competition
• New World
• Political factors
• Christianity
• Gold, God, glory
• England/ English
• Spain / Spanish
• Monarch
• Technological factors
• Caravel
• Navigational skills
• Astrolabe
• Compass
• Cartography
• Ship building

Links

• Economic factors
• Because of the leadership of Prince Henry and their geographic location on the Atlantic Ocean, Portugal was the first to seek a water route to Asia.
• Caravel
• Many improvements in navigational skills allowed sailors to venture further out to sea.
• Making a Simple Compass
• Discussion 4-1.1

Streamline SC

• Explorers, The: The Dawning of the Era of Exploration (15:23)
• Exploring the World: The Portuguese Explorers (13:02)
• Exploring the World: Spanish Explorers of North America (19:52)
• New World Explored, The (26:00)

Suggestions

• Use the above links to discuss some of the material in the vocabulary above.
• Find definitions for each word in the Vocabulary in the dictionary at the bottom of the page.