Unit 1

Renaissance: The Origins of a Western Worldview

Targets
Skill Builders

Chapter 5 Summary

At the end of Chapter 5, you should be able to answer the Big Question:

  • What factors might motivate a society to venture into unknown regions beyond its borders?

The following smaller questions helped you answer the Big Question.


  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 promote an expansionist worldview?


Download the graphic organizer seen in Figure 5.1 to help you review Chapter 5.

Remember to review the vocabulary for Chapter 5.

  • caravel
  • Christopher Columbus
  • circumnavigate
  • conquest
  • expansionism
  • Henry the Navigator
  • Indigenous
  • lateens
  • Magellan
  • means
  • navigate
  • navigation
  • Prester John
  • Queen Isabella

Figure 5.1 - Chapter 5 Graphic Organizer