1. Unit 4 Review: The Age of Exploration and Early Imperialism

2. Brainstorm Work individually to brainstorm information for each SPICEE theme on the graphic organizer – Use your notes – should have SPICEE labels on the sides of the notes – Use the book if you need more information 10 minutes

3. Fishbowl Rules and Points Nobody speaks twice until everyone has spoken once 6 points: 3-2-1 for notes while on outside – Two things you agree with for EACH discussion + Abolition caused migration + Plantation labor was difficult – One question for each discussion Did women migrate and work on plantations? 3-2-1 for what you say while in the fishbowl – Strong contributions bring new ideas and evidence – Good responses may validate or disagree based on evidence – Try not to simply restate what was already said

4. 1. How, when, and why did INTERACTION ACROSS CULTURES occur? What caused cultures to interact? What specific interactions occurred throughout this era? What impact did interaction have on society? How did interaction across cultures in the Americas differ from that across Afroeurasia? How were they similar?

5. 3. Where and how did CULTURE develop? What religions/philosophies develop in the various empires/cultures we studied? What role did religion and philosophy play in society? How did societies use art and architecture to express their culture? What evidence exists of cultural hybridity during this era? 2. How was SOCIAL life organized? How did European exploration/expansion affect Afroeurasian and American social hierarchies? What were the global effects of patriarchy for the “new” and “old” worlds? What aspects of social life remained continuous throughout this unit? Which changed over time?

6. 4. How was POLITICAL life organized? Where and why did empires exist? What role did politics play in the early expansion of European empires? What political tools allowed for this expansion? How did political interactions in Afroeurasia differ from one another and how did they compare with those in the Americas?

7. 5. What role did ECONOMICS/TRADE play in society? Where did trade routes develop? What was traded? What was exchanged un- intentionally? Where did trade routes develop? What was traded? What was exchanged un- intentionally? 6. What impact did human society have on the ENVIRONMENT?

8. Spanish America – Social Structure Peninsulares Full Europeans born in Spain Criollos Full Europeans born in America Meztizos Mixed Euros and Native American Mulattoes Mixed Euros and Africans Full Indians & Full Africans Spanish migrants to America were 80% male Led to a very mixed-race society Political power held solely by the Peninsulares Peninsulares granted large tracts of land by Spanish crown Encomienda system gave land owners the right to force Native Americans to labor on their farms Mita system allowed owners to force natives to work in mines