1. World History II Trade Patterns in 1500 AD Lecture Notes: Unit 1 Lesson 4 Standard WHII.2d,e

2. To Do: Vocabulary Interpretation Question of the Day Notes (Mapping trade routes) Activity - Bubble Web Organizer Multiple Choice Analysis

3. Vocabulary Diffusion Astrolabe Sextant Caravan Conquest Textiles

4. Interpretation What is the farthest you have ever been away from home. No matter where it was, you must have felt a little disoriented. As a class…make a bubble chart on the whiteboard:  What were the people like?  What did it look like?  Were you nervous, or not worried at all?  What was the food like?..etc.

5. Questions of the Day What were the regional trading patterns about 1500 A. D. ( C. E.)? Why were the regional trading patterns important? What technological and scientific advancements had been made and exchanged by 1500 A. D. ( C. E.)?

6. Eastern Hemisphere Trade Routes 1500 CE

7. Silk Roads The Silk Road or Silk Route:  was an interconnected series of routes through Southern Asia (north of India)  Camel caravans and ships connected China, with the Moguhl Empire, Ottoman Empire, Asia Minor, Europe and other points.  Over 8,000 km (5,000 miles) long.

8. The darker red represents the traditional “Silk Road”.

9. Alexander the Great’s conquest into Persia (320’s BC) makes the first real connection between Southern Europe and China

10. The conquests of Genghis Khan effectively connected the Eastern world with the Western world for the first time (1215 to 1360 AD). Genghis Khan

11. Sea Route Across the Indian Ocean

12. Trans-Saharan routes across North Africa

13. Black Sea Trade Route Connects the Far East to the Middle East to Europe and Africa. The Black Sea is the central trading hub of Asia and Europe.

14. Connection to the Silk Road

16. Importance of trade patterns While the main importance of the trade routes may have been the transportation and sale of goods, traders brought ships full new/different ideas as well.

17. Advancements exchanged along trade routes Chinese Inventions:  Paper, compass, silk, porcelain, gunpowder, and printing.

18. Ancient Chinese Inventions

19. Hindu /Arabic Inventions Numeral system of tens (rather than XVI etc)

20. Another Arabic “Invention” Though the Astrolabe was invented by the Ancient Greeks, Arabs reintroduced it to Europe late in the Medieval era.

21. Astrolabe Sextant

22. Indian Invention:  Indians perfected textile production and their fabrics became very popular in Europe

23. Activity Fill in the bubble organizer Work independently for 3 min Compare with neighbor for 3 min Someone draw their bubble web on the whiteboard Different groups can add more bubbles

24. Questions of the Day What were the regional trading patterns about 1500 A. D. ( C. E.)? Why were the regional trading patterns important? What technological and scientific advancements had been made and exchanged by 1500 A. D. ( C. E.)?

25. Multiple Choice Question Analysis

26. Extra Time Movie Kingdom of Heaven