DO NOW Suppose you’re in your home. You’ve lived there for years. But someone from another neighborhood that has never seen your home before comes over and claims to have discovered your home. How do you feel? What do you do? Is that person right or wrong?
102: The Columbian exchange 9/15
Ancient Africa -The first Homo Sapiens (humans) appeared in Africa about 200,000 years ago -Agriculture spread south of the Sahara between 6,000-4,000 BCE
Trans-Saharan Trade
Trans-Saharan Trade -gold, slaves, ideas traded -Islam
Vikings First Europeans to the Americas (985) One winter in Canada
Portuguese Exploration Henry the Navigator (1420ish) Bartolomeu Dias (1488) Vasco da Gama(1497)
Phoenician Circumnavigation of Africa
The Olmec?
Why Go West? Gold Glory God - Spread their faith - Faster trade routes -Spain, Portugal, England & France competition God - Spread their faith
Columbus Lands
Impact on Europe Power shift (1500s) - Portugal Spain. England and France exploration
Treaty of Tordesillas 1493 - Spain & Portugal divide New World.
Columbian Exchange Global exchange of people, food, animals and disease, between Europe and the Americas
Textbook pp. 13-19 Analyzing Geography, p. 17 Analyzing History, p. 19 Answer questions 1-2 Analyzing History, p. 19 Answer the question about “Columbus Arrives in America” Analyzing Geography, p. 12
What should the legacy of European exploration be What should the legacy of European exploration be? Cite two pieces of evidence from class today in your response.