1. Chapter 14 The Beginnings of Our Global Age: Europe, Africa and Asia
Section 1 The Search for Spices
Section 2 Turbulent Centuries in Africa

2. Search for Spices Population in Europe was growing
Needed more items from trade
Wanted to gain direct access to Asia

3. Portugal Sails East Mapping the African Coast
Prince Henry believed their were riches on the African coast
Wanted to find an easier way to reach Asia
Gathered scientists, cartographers, and other experts
Built new ships
They began mapping the coast

4. Portugal Sails East Seeking India
Vasco de Gama led new fleets to explore India
Acquired new spices
Portuguese seized key ports in India

5. Columbus Sails West Reaching Faraway Lands Spain sponsored his voyage
Wanted to strengthen Catholicism
Took about 2 months to reach land
Thought he reached India called people Indians

6. Naming the Western Hemisphere
Columbus Sails West
Dividing the Globe
Naming the Western Hemisphere
Line of Demarcation split the new lands between Spain and Portugal
Spain and Portugal rushed to protect empires
First maps of America were drawn in 1507
Columbus’s Island became known as the West Indies

7. The Search for a Direct Route Continues
In 1513 Vasco Nunez de Balboa found a route to the Pacific ocean through the Panama Straight
Ferdinand Magellan found the Magellan Straight in 1519
Continued sail across the Pacific Ocean
Most ships and sailors were lost
18 people became the first to circumvent the globe

8. Portugal Gains Footholds
Built small ports in West Africa
Traded muskets, tools, gold, ivory, hides and slaves
Men remained behind to protect forts
Attacked East African cities
Expelled Arabs and took over trading routes
Reached Congo, Zimbabwe and Zambia

9. The African Slave Trade Explodes
Europeans Enter The Slave Trade
Slaves were most important part of trade
Brought large numbers of slaves to work on plantations
Rich bought them as houseslaves
African rulers and traders would capture Africans to sell to Europeans
Slave trade lasted about 3 years

10. The African Slave Trade Explodes
African Leaders Resist
Some African leaders tried to resist
Affonso I, Congo ruler, tried to resist the trade
Some states forbade slave cargo

11. New African States Arise
The Asante Kingdom
Some states disappeared after populations were diminished
Asante Kingdom emerged in present day Ghana
Osei Tutu helped unite kingdoms and conquer others
Had a monopoly on slave trade

12. New African States Arise
The Oyo Empire
Small forest kingdom in present day Nigeria
Gained wealth from slave trade

13. The European Presence Expands
British, Dutch and French started to move into forts for trade
Established permanent territories
Cape Town was the first European settlement by the Dutch
Enslaved or killed natives
French settled in Senegal

14. Vocabulary
Moluccas
The island-chain of present day Indonesia
Prince Henry
Sponsored Portugal’s exploration into Africa
Cartographer
Map maker
Vasco de Gama
Sailed for Portuguese to get spices from India
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator that accidentally help discover America
Line of Demarcation
Dividing the non-European world into two zones
Treaty of Tordesillas
Treaty signed between Spain and Portugal naming the Line of Demarcation
Ferdinand Magellan
Found direct route to Pacific sea

15. Vocabulary
Circumnavigate
Sail around
Mombasa
City where Portuguese developed trading forts
Malindi
Plantation
Large estate run by an owner
Affonso I
Ruler of Kongo
Missionary
Hoped to convert Africans to Christianity
Asante Kingdom
African kingdom that held monopoly on slave trade

16. Vocabulary
Osei Tutu
Leader of Asante Kingdom
Monopoly
Exclusive control of a business or industry
Oyo Empire
Empire in modern day Nigeria
Cape Town
First Dutch settlement in Africa
Boers
Dutch Farmers