Today we will continue to learn about European exploration, focusing on the effects of trade. Specifically, we will examine the impact of the Atlantic slave trade and the effects of New World silver on the global economy. We will work on our note taking and listening skills today.
Question of the Day
How did European exploration change global trade patterns?
Focus Questions
What were the effects of the Atlantic slave trade in Africa and the Americas?
How did the injection of New World silver into global trade affect European and Asian economies?
The vocabulary below is related to the work you are doing today and would be worth using in your paragraph. In a few classes you will have write an assessment in which you have to identify three of these that I will choose. Here is an example of an ID:
Alps: The Alps are a mountain range in southern Europe (France, Italy, Austria, and Switzerland). They were significant to European society between 1300 and 1750 because they were one of the physical landforms that made it difficult for Europe to be politically centralized under one government. Europe’s decentralization was a key to its economic development.
Historical Connection: Physical geography is important to the development of civilizations. Just as the Alps influenced the development of Europe, we have studied that the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers had an impact on the development of settlements and life in Mesopotamia.
Prince Henry the Navigator
Vasco de Gama
Bartolomeu Dias
Christopher Columbus
Zheng He
Ferdinand Magellan
Aztecs
Fernando Cortes
Montezuma II
Incas
Francisco Pizzarro
Atahualpa
The Columbian Exchange
The Atlantic Slave Trade
Sugar plantations
Plantation agriculture
Treaty of Tordesillas
Extractive political and economic institutions
Mercantilism
Silver
Inflation
There is nothing to turn into me today.
I will lecture on the Atlantic slave trade and the impact of New World silver on the global economy.
Be prepared to write one paragraph responding to this prompt next class: Contrast the effects of European exploration in two of the following regions: Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
Watch Part 2 of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel. Click here to watch the video.
As you watch: Take notes on this graphic organizer handout. You will use the notes to do the following assignment, which should be handed into me typed at the beginning of next class.
Summarize the advantages and disadvantages of the Incas and Spanish in this conflict. In your summary be sure to:
Make one direct comparison and one direct contrast.
Use at least five of the vocabulary terms from this week's list. This will take the place of our normal vocabulary assessment.
Related Readings
1491: The Western Hemisphere Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
"The Pristine Myth": Charles C. Mann talks about the thriving and sophisticated Indian landscape of the pre-Columbus Americas.
Crash Course Videos
Guns, Germs and Steel Videos
Episode 1 of 3: Out of Eden
Episode 2 of 3: Conquest
Episode 3 of 3: Into the Tropics