Unit 1

Renaissance: The Origins of a Western Worldview

Targets
Skill Builders

Chapter 5 Overview


The Big Question for Chapter 5 is
  • Why would a society decide to explore beyond its own borders?

The smaller questions that will help you answer the Big Question are below.


  1. What elements of the worldview of Renaissance Europeans led to exploration and expansionism?
  2. How did the exchange of knowledge and technology make European exploration possible?
  3. How did the desire and means to explore foster an expansionist worldview?
Chapter 5 of the textbook, Worldviews: Contact and Change.

Many people use this phrase when referring to the explorers of the Age of Exploration: God, Gold, and Glory.

You can see the words "God, Gold, Glory" in Figure 5.3. What do you think this phrase means?
Figure 5.3 "God, Gold, Glory"