FINAL PROJECT:

THE MODERN
AGE

THE AGE OF DISCOVERY

POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGES
LA REFORMA RELIGIOSA
THE RENAISSANCE
LA HEGEMONA ESPAOLA

CONTENIDOS:
El origen de la poca de los Descubrimientos y las Exploraciones.
Las nuevas rutas martimas.
El descubrimiento de Amrica.
El primer viaje alrededor del mundo.
Las consecuencias de los descubrimientos y las exploraciones martimas.
El crecimiento de la economa y la poblacin en la Europa del siglo XV.
Cambios en los diferentes grupos sociales que conforman los tres estados (nobleza, clero y
campesinos).
La aparicin de nuevos estados.
Los cambios religiosos. Causas de la Reforma. La reforma luterana y las reformas calvinista y
anglicana.
La Contrarreforma. El Concilio de Trento y la Compaa de Jess.
Una nueva visin del ser humano, el Humanismo. Diversidad y difusin de las ideas
humanistas. El papel de la imprenta en la difusin de las ideas humanistas.
El estilo renacentista. Caractersticas y periodizacin.
La unin dinstica de las coronas de Castilla y de Aragn, la unificacin territorial y religiosa.
La implantacin del Estado moderno, la administracin y la poltica exterior
El descubrimiento de Amrica y sus consecuencias.
Las culturas precolombinas.
Caractersticas y fases de la conquista. El gobierno y la administracin de las Indias. La
explotacin econmica de las Indias. Las consecuencias de la conquista y colonizacin
americanas.
El Renacimiento en Espaa. El Greco.

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VOCABULARY:
NEW WORD

MEANING

THE AGE OF DISCOVERY

Pages 66 to72
1.- Colour on the following world map the countries, the land and the seas known by
the Europeans at the beginning of the XV century.

2.- Where did Marco Polo travel to and what was the reason for his journeys?

3.- Complete the chart with the reasons for the maritime expeditions:
N________ __________ ___________

T________________ ________________

4.-Read the text about the new sea routes and answer the following questions: (pages 68
&69)
What was Portugal looking for since the beginning of the XV century?

Was the monarchy interested in these expeditions? Why?

What did Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco de Gama achieve? Why were these new routes
important?

Who was the biggest Portugals biggest rival in the search for new routes?

What did Castilians do different about the search?

Make a list with the main characteristics of the caravel .

5.- Read page 70 from your book and answer the questions from exercise 1 in your
notebook. Then read page 71 and do activity 2 in your notebook.
6.- Why did the Portuguese and Spanish empires sign the Treat of Tordesillas in the
year 1494?

What territories did Portugal receive after the Treaty? And Spain?

What was the European supremacy and what did the countries want to benefit from?

Name the most important consequences that took place after the discoveries.

POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGES

Pages 74 to 77
1.- Answer the following questions about the European economic growth during the XV
and XVI centuries:
Why did the economy become prosperous during the XV and XVI centuries?

Why did financial transactions become easier?

Why did cities have the most economic power?

2.- Important changes took place in the society of that time, although they were still
divided into estates. To understand this situation complete the following chart with the
information from page 76.
Nobles and clergy

Bourgeoisie

Peasants

3.- Read the texts from page 77 about authoritarian monarchies and answer the
following questions:
How did the monarchs in the XV century reinforce their power?

List the ways in which they implemented their decisions:

What was the court and were did it settle?

4.- During the XV century many states in Europe began to be united by marriage
alliances or by conquest, complete the information about the most important kingdoms
in Europe at the time: (page 77)
Kingdom

Important Monarchs

War or territorial conflicts

France

They unified all the Iberian

kingdoms.
Unified

the

country

annexed new territories.

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