Transcript Section 2- Traders, Explorers, and Colonists

Section 2- Traders, Explorers, and Colonists
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Trade Between Europe and Asia
◦ The Spice Trade
 Europeans want Asian spices
 Pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves preserve food, improve
flavor
 Spice trade controlled by Italian merchants from
Genoa,Venice
 Sail to eastern Mediterranean ports to get Asian goods
◦ Possibility of Great Wealth
 Transport of goods is costly, so spices are expensive
in Europe, so in 1400’s a new direct trade route to
Asia is wanted
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Leaders In Exploration
◦ Exploring the African Coast
 Portugal’s Prince Henry the Navigator seeks a shortcut to
Asia
 In early 1400’s, sends explorers down coast of Africa
 Explorers return with gold dust, ivory, navigational
knowledge
◦ Race Around Africa
 Dias rounds Africa’s south tip (Cape of Good Hope) in
1488
 A decade later,Vasco da Gama finds sea route to India
 Portugal puts trading posts on Indian Ocean coasts, rules
the seas
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Europe Enters A New Age
◦ Christopher Columbus
 Some believe shortest way to Asia is west across Atlantic
 Italian Christopher Columbus, sailing for Spain, leaves in
1492, lands in the Caribbean, and thinks it’s Asia
◦ Ferdinand Magellan
 In 1519, Spain funds Portuguese explorer Magellan
 Killed in battle in Philippines after 18 months at sea, only 18
crewmen circumnavigate- sail completely around the world
◦ John Cabot
 England’s Henry VII wants his share of wealth
 Funds Italian born Giovanni Caboto, John Cabot
 Cabot thinks north across the Atlantic might be the
shortcut to Asia
 Sails from England in 1497, and lands in Newfoundland,
Canada, he thinks he finds Asia
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The Outcomes Of Exploration
◦ A Clash of Cultures
 Europeans founded colonies on coasts of Africa, the
Americas
 Imperialism- one country controls government, economy of
another country
◦ Religious Conversion
 Christian European monarchs sent missionaries to colonies
to convert the conquered people to Christianity
 Hope the new converts will help Christianity overcome
Islam
◦ The Spread of Diseases
 Unknowingly Europeans carry diseases to colonies, like
smallpox, malaria, and measles
◦ Slavery
 Portuguese buy West Africans to work as slaves in Portugal
 In some colonies, European make native peoples work land
for them
School Domination
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Pick 3 rooms to takeover
◦ Write them on a sheet of paper in order of
importance
◦ Include a reason of why for each room
Create a Name of your ship
 Create a Name of your country
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1ST PERIOD
Room 1
Room 2
Room 3
Bamkid
Mrs. King’s room
Cafeteria
Mrs. Ryan’s room
Annililater
Auditorium
Chorus room
Orchestra room
Black Pearl
Wooden gym
Lunchroom
Mr. Limpert’s room
Punisher
Mr. Marc’s room
Wooden gym
Cafeteria
TKJH
Orchestra
Mrs. King’s room
Mrs. Gingras room
Queeniod
Wooden gym
Theatre
Mrs. Ryan’s room
Algic
Cafeteria
Mrs. Utz’s room
Wooden gym
2nd Period
Countries
Room 1
Room 2
Room 3
Western Cags
Cafeteria
Nurses office
Wooden gym
Newbrio
Wooden gym
Media center
Kitchen
St. Peterson
Cafeteria
Media center
Auditorium
Purple Slovakia
Facs room
Cafeteria
Mac lab
Margrathan
Wooden gym
Mac lab
cafeteria
Polkadot
cafeteria
Mac lab
Wooden gym
4th Period
Country
Room 1
Room 2
Room 3