Unit 1

Renaissance: The Origins of a Western Worldview

Targets
Skill Builders

Chapter 6 Summary

At the end of Chapter 6, you should be able to answer the Big Question:

  • How can expansion change worldviews?

The following smaller questions helped you answer the Big Question.


  1. What does the Europeans' treatment of people whom they contacted reveal about their worldview?
  2. How did the Age of Exploration affect the Europeans' lives and worldview?

Download the graphic organizer seen in Figure 6.1 to help you review Chapter 6.

Remember to review the vocabulary for Chapter 6.

  • decolonization
  • Francis Drake
  • immunity
  • imperialism
  • patriotism
  • privateer
  • terraforming

Figure 6.1 - Chapter 6 Graphic Organizer


Watch

Click the link to watch the video, What is a Worldview?, to consider your own worldview.

What is a worldview?