Ch. 15 New Global Commerce���

1450 - 1750

Identify and explain ALL the factors that explain why European nations began

exploring the seas after 1450’s. pages 674 - 675

Use map on page 676 •  Locate the following port cities: Mozambique, Mombasa, Zanzibar,

Hormuz, Diu, Goa, Bombay, Calcutta, Malacca, Manila, Macao, Canton

Portuguese Empire-building

• What African and Asian territories came under the control of European nations between 1450 and 1750?

•  How were the Portuguese able to take control of these trading port cities?

•  How were they able to take control of Macao?

Write a thesis statement using BAR:

•  Analyze (you may go into how and why something is happening)changes and continuities occurring in the Indian Ocean trading basin between 1400 and 1750.

Analyze how the Dutch and the English were able to take away Portuguese control of

commerce in the Indian Ocean beginning in the 1600‘s.���pages 679 - 680 Strayer���

pages 533 - 535 McDougal

Europeans in China and Japan •  Be able to describe, analyze (you can explain how something is

happening, why it is happening and the impact or effects of what is happening - what will it lead to?) and compare European contact with China and Japan between 1450 and 1750.

•  Use pages 681 - 682 in Strayer

•  Use pages 275 - 279 in Ellis and Esler

•  Use pages 536 - 548 in McDougal great chart on page 548

1. Explain how each of the following places became involved in the new global commerce based on silver that developed between 1450 and 1750. ���2. Explain how silver helped or hurt their economy. ���Spain ���China���Japan ���The Americas.

The Fur Trade (pages 685 - 688)

•  Describe and analyze (how, why or effects of what is happening) the fur trade in the Americas.

•  Describe and analyze (how, why or effect of what is happening) the fur trade in Russia.

•  Compare the fur trade in the Americas and Russia. Include its impact on the indigenous population of each region.

•  Use pages 685 - 688

Describe and analyze the Atlantic slave trade. •  Pages 689 - 697 in Strayer

•  Pages 301 - 304 in Ellis

•  Create a list of 10 important terms to include in this answer.

•  Go over important maps and charts in your textbook that will help you with this question.

Portuguese Exploration

Prince Henry the Navigator trading empire gunpowder Swahili Coast

Spanish Empire

New global trade silver China Japan Manilla, Philippines

The Atlantic Economy

sugar plantations supply and demand Brazil West Indies/Caribbean Islands Jamaica Haiti

The Middle Passage Angola Congo Sierra Leone Elmina Castle Brazil West Indies