Early modern period

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/early-modern-period

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the approximate chronological boundaries?Circa 1450 to circa 1800 CE
2. What is the catalytic technological innovation?The development and widespread adoption of the movable-type printing press
3. Why were explorers like Columbus and Magellan important?Explorers like Columbus, Magellan, da Gama, and Drake sailed across oceans to find new trade routes and lands. Their voyages opened up new connections between continents and changed maps forever.
4. How did the printing press change the world?The printing press let books be copied quickly and cheaply. This spread new ideas, like those of the Renaissance and the Reformation, to more people.

Humanism: An intellectual movement emphasizing human potential, reason, and the study of classical literature and philosophy.
Columbian Exchange: The widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas and the Old World.
Sovereignty: The supreme authority within a territory, often referring to the power of a state or ruler to govern itself without external interference.