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Global History I The Encounter Do Now What is your favorite dish to eat in the world? What ingredients go into that dish?

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2 Global History I The Encounter

3 Do Now What is your favorite dish to eat in the world? What ingredients go into that dish?

4 The Columbian Exchange Columbian Exchange The cultural diffusion that resulted from the mixing of European, Native American Indians and African cultures

5 Columbian Exchange Impact: Without it No Swiss Chocolate No Italian Tomato Sauce No Potatoes in Ireland No French Vanilla No Texas Steak No Florida Oranges No Thai Chilies No Colombian Coffee

6 What can you make out of the following materials? Wood = Wood = Cotton = Cotton = Sugar = Sugar = Tobacco = Tobacco =

7 European Imperialism Mercantilism  build wealth by exporting more than you import & acquiring large deposits of gold and silver

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10 European Imperialism The Spanish Empire Government  King governed from “mother country” through local governors Encomienda System  Spanish colonists could demand tribute and labor from Native American Indians, if they instructed the natives in the Spanish language and Christianity

11 Slavery in the New World Due to genocide of Native Indians, Europeans need to satisfy the labor shortage Traded for slaves from Africa to bring to the New World

12 Slavery in the New World The Middle Passage Voyage from Africa to the Americas Horrific conditions (refer to reading) http://faculty.lacitycol lege.edu/moonmc/ht ml/slavery1b.jpg http://faculty.lacitycol lege.edu/moonmc/ht ml/slavery1b.jpg

13 Assessment: Critical Thinking The system of mercantilism ends in the 18 th century. Why would this economic system last only 200 years?


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