Bellringer Grab a book from the shelf Turn in your homework to the homework bin On a piece of paper that will go in the classwork section of your

notebook: Write down the unscrambled word and quickly write down how it

relates to exploration. Example- AD MAAG- 1.       Da Gama- from Portugal, route to India  1. AKEDR 2. ZEORTC3. ASCOMPS 4. IERARCT 5. LLGAMEAN 6. TIACITHRISNY 7. INPCER YHENR 8. ASPIN9. LLAMS OXP 10. LACAVRAL PIHS11. YROVI 12. LODG

Bad Joke of the Day: What do termites eat for breakfast?

Announcements

Notebook Check next Tuesday/Wednesday You need to know where everything is in

your notebook. All assignments need to be done. Worth 100 points!

Test next Tuesday/Wednesday too!

Objectives

Students will know The Columbian Exchange and its 5 effects

Students will understand The global exchange of goods between the

Old World and the New World led to an increase in the money supply and a change in the way Europe spent and handled money

Students will be able to Apply their knowledge of the Columbian

Exchange to modern food items

THE IMPACT OF THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE

1st: European Plantation Systems in the Caribbean and the Americas destroyed the indigenous (local) economies and damaged the environment

Europeans didn’t give the land enough time to recover between plantings, leaving it unusable.

Slash and burn techniques

2nd: Capitalism

Before, only churches and governments had an opportunity to invest and become wealthier.

Now individuals could become wealthy by investing and selling products Merchants grew wealthier

3rd: Joint Stock Companies

Definition: individuals each put in a percentage of the cost associated with colonizing and plantation work Helped to protect the investor

4th: Slavery

European colonists did not have enough labor to grow and export their cash crops so they began importing slaves from Africa.

Slavery based on race

5th: Commercial Revolution

European countries fought for markets, colonies, and resources

A new economic system emerged: Mercantilism Definition: the idea that a country’s power is

determined by its wealth A colony existed to support the mother country

and had to send all its resources (gold, silver, cotton, sugar…) back to help make the mother country

New money and banking systems were created

Processing

How is investing in a joint stock company safer for your money than investing in a colony all by yourself?

How were the original 13 colonies before the Revolution in the United States an example of mercantilism?

Bellringer Please answer the following questions on

a piece of paper that will go in your classwork section of your notebook (you can use the back of the one from last class)

1. What was the Columbian Exchange? Give 3 examples of items that came from the

Old World to the New Give 3 examples of items that came from the

New World to the Old 2. What is mercantilism? What role to

colonies play in mercantilism?

Objectives

Students will be able to identify the major characteristics of the beginnings of slavery in Africa as well as discuss the effects of a focus on mining on the European Economy.

Schedule

Tuesday/Wednesday: Age of Exploration Test

Thursday/Friday Columbian Exchange Project due Bring in 1 dish for extra credit! Notebook Check

Slavery in Africa

1. As Islam spread in Africa, so did the use of slaves. African rulers justified enslavement with the Muslim belief that non-Muslim prisoners could be bought and sold as slaves.

2. Some slaves were prisoners of war, some were kidnapped, and some were traded.

3. Slaves that remained in Africa did have some rights . Slavery was not hereditary in Africa.

4. Sugar plantations and tobacco farms required a huge supply of workers. Europeans planned on using American Indians, however, millions died from disease and warfare.

5. In the late 1400s, Europeans began to look to Africa for slaves to meet their labor shortage needs.

Why people wanted African Slaves 1st: had built up immunity to diseases 2nd:had farming and plantation

experience 3rd: had little knowledge of America

and had no family or other tribes to hide with

6. By the time slavery ended, 9.5 million slaves had been sent overseas

7. Spain, Portugal, and other European nations also used African slaves.

8. Slaves were transported using the Triangle Trade system, which connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

• Products traded: cotton, rum, slaves, gold, silver, sugar, manufactured goods

Slaves, gold, ivory

Rum, sugar, corn

Manufactured goods

9. Slaves crossing the Atlantic Ocean to America travelled “the Middle Passage.”

i. Around 20% of slaves crossing it died due to disease and inhumane conditions.

Exporting Precious Metals

Mining precious metals was a huge achievement for man

Majority of gold came from Africa Majority of silver came from present-

day Bolivia and Mexico. Japan also mined silver.

Metals were exported to Europe and Asia.

Spain was one of the first nations to discover silver mines in South and Central America.

In the 1600s, Spain experienced a steady growth in their population Spain had more people, so they needed

more food. HOWEVER, they focused on mining silver instead of growing food. As a result, they didn’t have enough food for everyone.

Spain now had to charge more money for food to feed everyone, so their prices were a lot higher than those of other countries The raising of prices because there is a high

demand but you lack supplies is called inflation.

People bought from countries with cheaper food prices before they bought from Spain. This meant that Spain wasn’t making any money

Spain’s inflation spread throughout Europe. Between the 1500s and 1600s,

Europeans saw all their prices go up sharply

This hurt people earning a fixed amount, because their money wasn’t worth as much anymore.

Processing

Describe why Europeans wanted African slaves instead of American Indians.

Why was the trip that the slaves took from Africa to America called the Middle Passage?

How could focusing on mining gold and silver hurt a European country like Spain?

Conclusion of the Age of Exploration

Europeans went exploring in search of ______________, to spread _____________________, and to earn _________________ for themselves and their country.

Once Europeans found new worlds, they forced their culture and their ways of life on the natives living there, including _________________, _______________, and farming.

The Columbian Exchange brought many new _____________ to the Americas and Europe but also spread ___________________ that killed many of the American Indians.

Because the Indians were dying, the Europeans needed a new labor source for their farms and mines. They brought in __________________ to do this work in the Americas.

The new sources of money in Europe brought about a Commercial Revolution and the system of ______________________, which meant that a country earns its power from how much money it has.