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Changes in the New World Trans-Atlantic Economy Changes in Europe Changes in the New World Changes in Africa Trans-Atlantic Economy Vocabulary $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 Final Jeopardy $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 Scores $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500

$100 What is the Silk Road?

The Silk was an ancient trade route which connected China to Europe. $100 The Silk was an ancient trade route which connected China to Europe. Scores

$200 How did improvements of sailing technology encourage Europeans to start exploring?

$200 The Europeans finally developed ships that could go far out to sea and the ability to navigate open oceans. This encouraged them to explore. Scores

$300 How did the growth of population in Europe encourage Europeans to start trading more?

$300 As the population grew, a class of rich merchants and traders appeared in European cities. These merchants needed to look for new markets to buy goods from. Scores

$400 What was the new idea about the world proposed by Christopher Columbus?

$400 Columbus’ new idea was that if the world was round he could sail the other direction to get to Asia. Scores

Explain why European explorers wanted to find a shorter route to Asia. $500 Explain why European explorers wanted to find a shorter route to Asia.

$500 Europe was at the very end of the Silk Road. It got the let-over goods at the highest prices. If Europeans could trade directly with Asia, they could make lots of money by buying at the Asian price and selling at the European price. Scores

Name the three waves of Europeans who came to the New World. $100 Name the three waves of Europeans who came to the New World.

$100 Wave 1: Explorers Wave 2: Conquerors Wave 3: Settlers Scores

$200 Name some of the European countries that made land claims in the New World.

Spain, Portugal, England, France, and Netherlands $200 Spain, Portugal, England, France, and Netherlands Scores

Over time, why did Europeans turn to African slave labor? $300 Over time, why did Europeans turn to African slave labor?

$300 Most of the native population of the New World died of disease, war, or famine in the first century after Contact. This happened right as European’s needed more cheap labor to work New World mines and plantations. Scores

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$400 Explain the “Northwest Passage.” Why did European explorers hold onto the hope of its existence for so long?

$400 The Northwest Passage was a legendary shortcut through the New World to Asia. Europeans did not give up on finding it because they still dreamed of finding it, because it was way longer to reach Asia if you sailed past the New World. Scores

$500 How are the Columbian Exchange, Triangle Trade, Mercantilism, and Trans-Atlantic Economy related to each other?

$500 They all describe trade patterns of people and goods between the Old and New World. Scores

Name a Slave Kingdom and describe where it is located. $100 Name a Slave Kingdom and describe where it is located.

Songhai (NW Africa, desert) Benin (W Africa, jungle) $100 Songhai (NW Africa, desert) Benin (W Africa, jungle) Kongo (SW Africa, jungle) Scores

What was the Middle Passage? $200 What was the Middle Passage?

$200 The Middle Passage was the journey across the Atlantic between Africa and the New World experienced by millions of African Slaves. Scores

What makes chattel slavery different than slavery? $300 What makes chattel slavery different than slavery?

$300 In slavery, a slave is still considered a person. In chattel slavery, a slave is considered a piece of property. Scores

What was “tight-packing?” $400 What was “tight-packing?”

$400 Tight-packing was the way many African slaves were loaded tightly onto slave ships. Scores

$500 Who was Equiano? Why is he important to the study of slavery in the New World?

$500 Equiano was a freed African slave. He is important to the study of slavery in the New World because he wrote about his experience of the Middle Passage. Scores

$100 What is the Triangle Trade? What are the three points of the Triangle Trade?

$100 The Triangle Trade is the trade across the Atlantic between Europe, Africa, and the New World. Scores

What is the Trans-Atlantic Economy? $200 What is the Trans-Atlantic Economy?

$200 The Trans-Atlantic Economy was the networks of exchange and economic growth that grew up around the lands that bordered the Atlantic Ocean as result of European trading across the Atlantic Ocean. Scores

$300 What three types of things were traded in the Triangle Trade? Explain what they were. Give Examples.

Slaves: Cheap human labor $300 Slaves: Cheap human labor Raw Materials: goods grown or taken from the land (wood, food, metal) Manufactured Goods: Goods that are made in factories (ships, guns, cloth) Scores

$400 How do slaves, raw materials, and manufactured goods fit into the Triangle Trade?

$400 New World buys slaves from Africa. Slaves from Africa produce Raw Materials in the New World. Raw materials from the New World are used by European factories to make Manufactured Goods. Europe sells manufactured goods to Africa and New World. Scores

$500 In Mercantilism, describe the relationship between a Mother Country and its colonies.

Colonies are only allowed to sell to Mother Country. $500 Colonies are only allowed to sell to Mother Country. Colonies are only allowed to buy from Mother Country Scores

What is a “Mother Land?” Give an example. $100 What is a “Mother Land?” Give an example.

$100 A Mother Land is a European country that planted a New World settlement. Scores

What is a “colony?” Give an example. $200 What is a “colony?” Give an example.

A colony is a New World settlement planted by a European country. $200 A colony is a New World settlement planted by a European country. Examples: Spain: Mexico, Cuba, Peru England: 13 Colonies, South Africa, Australia France: Haiti, Canada Scores

$300 What are raw materials?

Raw materials are good that are grown or taken from the land. $300 Raw materials are good that are grown or taken from the land. Scores

What are manufactured goods? $400 What are manufactured goods?

Goods produced by a factory. $400 Goods produced by a factory. Scores

$500 What is Mercantilism?

$500 A trade partnership between a Mother Country its colonies, where the colonies have to sell their products to the Mother Country and have to buy the products of the Mother Country. Scores

Final Jeopary Question Jeopardy Category: 1492 Final Jeopary Question Scores

The year 1492 set three different groups of people on a collision course. Who where these group? Explain why 1492 started this collision.

After this date populations in Africa, Europe, and the New World greatly shifted. Millions of European settlers and African Slaves came to the New World. Millions of Native Americans died. Scores