Transoceanic Encounters and Global Connections CHAPTER 23

What are we learning today? Explorers Vasco de Gama Magellan Columbus Cook Trading Post Empires Columbian Exchange

Login and Go to Google Maps Today we will be charting the course of some very famous European explorers using their own diaries as a guide. Working with a partner please read, research, analyze, and chart the course for your assigned explorer. Create an original Google Map that accurately reflects the route as reported in the primary source. map to This assignment has a 30 minute time limit. DO NOT LOG OFF WHEN YOU ARE DONE! maps.google.com

Mercantilism The theory and system of political economy based on national policies of accumulating bullion, establishing colonies and a merchant marine, and developing industry and mining to attain a favorable balance of trade. What that actually means: This approach assumes the wealth of a nation depends primarily on the possession of precious metals such as gold and silver. This type of system cannot be maintained forever, because the global economy would become stagnant if every country wanted to export and no one wanted to import.

Trading Post empires What do you know about Trading Post Empires? What were some important trading posts that you found in your research? Why would trading posts be a more efficient means of trade? Why would trading posts be a more efficient means of government? What are the inherent flaws in the trading post system?

The Columbian Exchange

Let’s talk about Food! How fruit came to the New World When Worlds Collide: Lesson link: collide/education/lesson-5.html#video2http:// collide/education/lesson-5.html#video2

Directions: Work with a partner Time limit for assignment: 20 minutes 1.Research the origins of your assigned crop 2.Find at least three dishes from different regions outside of the New World that use the crop. 3.Analyze the overall influence of the dish and how the New World crop was integrated. 4.Using Google Maps create a map that demonstrates the diffusion of your assigned crop across the globe. your map w/names to 5.Present your findings to the class. 6.Extra Credit Opportunity 10 points: make a dish from outside the New World that uses your crop to share with the class

What did we learn? Explorers Vasco de Gama Ferdinand Magellan Christopher Columbus Captain James Cook Trading Post Empires were efficient Columbian Exchange had pros and cons