1. 1. Silk Road across Asia to the Mediterranean Sea 2. Maritime (sea) routes across the Indian Ocean 3. Trans-Saharan routes across North Africa 4. Northern European links with the Black Sea 5. Western European sea and river trade 6. South China Sea and lands of Southeast Asia 7. Triangular Trade route linked Europe, Africa, and the Americas. IMPORTANCE : Exchange of products and ideas (cultural diffusion)

2. 1-Triangular Trade Route 2-Trans-Saharan Route 3-Western European sea and river trade 5-Northern European links with the Black Sea 6-Maritime routes across the Indian Ocean 7-South China Sea and lands of Southeast Asia Middle Passage Map of the Major Trade Routes of the 1500’s. Copy this map and key. 4-Asia to Mediterranean Silk Road

3. ► Paper, compass, silk, porcelain (from China) ► Textiles, numeral system (India and Middle East) ► Scientific transfer- Medicine, astronomy, mathematics What is the importance of scientific transfer?

5. ► Connects Europe, Africa, and Americas ► Use first link in GoogleClassroom titled “Interactive Map: Triangular Trade Routes” ► Identify and record goods/commodities traded between each of the regions in the Trianglular Trade Route

6. ► Colonized indigenous people of Americas people of Americas ► Killed in conflict or by disease or by disease ► Needed more man power for plantations power for plantations and other labor and other labor

8. African Slave Trade ► Use link 2 “Estimates” in Google Classroom ► Analyze “tables” and “timeline” tabs ► Record the following information: 1.Who received the most and least slaves? 2.How many slaves did the USA receive? 3.What is the total population of slaves traded? 4.What time period (in years) was the highest amount of slaves traded? 5.Why may some argue this number may be inaccurate?

10. The Middle Passage ► Click link 3 in Google Classroom “Africans in America/Part 1/The Middle Passage ► Read through the information ► Answer the questions on your handout

11. Slavery Defined ► Label a blank sheet of paper “Slavery Defined” ► Define slavery in your own words (be prepared to share this with class) ► Create three columns titled “Middle East, America, Africa” ► How does your definition compare to that discussed in this article?

12. Justification for Slavery: Legal or Illegal? Read the article (SPPA…but in your head as you read!!) 1. What does the author mean by “legitimate” or “just” means of enslavement? 2. What does the author mean by “illegitimate” or “unjust” means of enslavement? 3. Why, if at all, were distinctions between “legal” and “illegal” means of enslavement were important during the four centuries of the Atlantic Slave Trade? 4. What did the growing demand for labor in the Americas have on justifications for slavery?