Knights Charge 9/3 1.What groups did we talk about yesterday that may have come to the New World before Christopher Columbus? 2.Which of those group did you think had the best chance of getting here before Columbus 3.Take out your charts with those groups on them

Knights Charge 9/4 1.What is the Columbian Exchange and its impact? 2.What was the Middle Passage? 3.What was the Triangular Trade? 4.Why did Europeans begin exploring the rest of the world? 5.What was Christopher Columbus looking for when he “found” the New World?

Knights Charge 9/5 1.What did Christopher Columbus want to bring the Native American tribes that he encountered? 2.What did he think of them when he first met them? 3.Who was Bartolome De Las Casas? What did he become known as?

Knights Charge 9/3 List three things that you know about Christopher Columbus

Knights Charge 9/4 Everything this week is due today! 1.What were some of the groups that may have “discovered” America before Columbus? 2.List all explorers that you have ever heard of in World History.

The Age of Exploration

European Exploration Europeans were motivated by three things when they began to explore the world… God Glory And…

Gold

Mercantilism Mercantilism- Economic policy of Europe that held that a country’s power depended mainly on it wealth Nations could increase their wealth in two ways: 1.Obtain as much silver as possible 2.Establish a favorable balance of trade Balance of trade- sell more goods than you buy to gain gold

Christopher Columbus Came to New World looking for gold, spices, and trade route to India When landing in the West Indies, he believed he was in India thus calling the people India After realizing he was not in India, he named the land Hispaniola

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Columbus Journal Entry

Atlantic Slave Trade Many plantations and farms that were built as a result of colonization of the New World raised the need for labor Europeans turned to Africa for manual labor In time, the buying and selling of Africans by Europeans for work in the Americans became known as the Atlantic slave trade

Triangle Trade Over time, Europeans brought raw materials and goods from New World to Africa and Europe in exchange for slaves Those slaves would be transported from Africa to the West Indies Goods from the West Indies such as tobacco, sugar, and coffee would be brought from the West Indies to Europe This system of trade became known as the Triangle trade

The Middle Passage The passage that brought Africans to the New World was known as the Middle Passage It was part of the Triangle Trade

Columbian Exchange As a result of all of this trading… The global transfer of goods such as foods, plants, and animals as a result of trade during colonization became known as the Columbian Exchange

Put away your notes and take out a separate sheet of paper… It’s SHOW ME TIMEEEEEEEE 1.What were three reasons Europeans explored? (Hint: they all start with the letter G) 2.What was the trading system that brought raw materials from the New World to Europe and Africa known as? 3.What route were slaves brought from Africa to the New World known as? 4.What was the global transfer of goods that brought new animals and diseases to both the New World and Europe known as?

Result of trade 1.Rise of Capitalism- economic system based on private ownership and investment 2.Joint-Stock companies- groups buying investments or stock in a company to combine wealth for a common purpose 3.Columbian Exchange

Take out a sheet of paper… 1.What passage way sent many Africans to America? 2.The global transfer of goods that bought animals, plants, food, and disease to different parts of the world was known as what? 3.What were Europeans in search for when they began to explore the rest of the world?