Unit 1

Renaissance: The Origins of a Western Worldview

Activity

1. Download the document, Reading/Study Guide Unit 1: Chapter 5, Lesson 2.
   Please save your work to a file on your desktop so you will have a copy to refer back to.


2. Click on one of the links provided to download the document.
   
• You will then be able to view the Reading/Study Guide Unit 1: Chapter 5, Lesson 2 worksheet.




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3. Read the following pages in your textbook:
• "Exploring to Expand the Gold supply" on page 110
  
• "Exploring to Expand Christianity" on page 111 (including "Zoom In")
• page 112 (including "Exploring Sources")
• page 113


4. Answer the following questions in your Reading/Study Guide.
• In addition to the explorers getting rich themselves, why did they want gold?
• Why did Europeans believe they had to spread Christianity throughout the world?
• Who was Prester John?
• How did beliefs about Christian duty encourage the Renaissance Christians to join the Crusades against the Muslims to the East?


5. When you are finished, proceed to the next page.