Unit 4 and 5 Padlet by Nalani Lee https://padlet.com/nalani1025/ddlj1z13gaj2 en-us 2017-11-13 01:59:43 UTC 2017-11-13 04:01:34 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. What were the regional trade patterns and why were they important? nalani1025 https://padlet.com/nalani1025/ddlj1z13gaj2/wish/206075235 Traditional trade patterns linking Europe with Asia and Africa:
• Silk Routes across Asia to the Mediterranean basin
 • Maritime routes across the Indian Ocean
 • Trans-Saharan routes across North Africa
 • Northern European links with the Black Sea
 • Western European sea and river trade
 • South China Sea and lands of Southeast Asia 

Importance of trade patterns:
• Exchange of products and ideas ]]> 2017-11-13 02:21:50 UTC https://padlet.com/nalani1025/ddlj1z13gaj2/wish/206075235 2. What were the effects of European migration and settlement on the Americas, Africa, and Asia? nalani1025 https://padlet.com/nalani1025/ddlj1z13gaj2/wish/206075651 Americas:
 • Expansion of overseas territorial claims and European emigration to North and South America 
• Demise of Aztec and Inca Empires 
• Legacy of a rigid class system and dictatorial rule in Latin America
 • Forced migration of Africans who had been enslaved 
• Colonies’ imitation of the culture and social patterns of their parent countries 
 
Africa:
 • European trading posts along the coast
 • Trade in slaves, gold, and other resources 
 
Asia:
 • Colonization by small groups of merchants (India, the Indies, China)
 • Influence of trading companies (Portuguese, Dutch, British]]> 2017-11-13 02:25:04 UTC https://padlet.com/nalani1025/ddlj1z13gaj2/wish/206075651 3. What was the effect of the Columbian Exchange between European and indigenous cultures? nalani1025 https://padlet.com/nalani1025/ddlj1z13gaj2/wish/206075970 Columbian Exchange:
 • Western Hemisphere agricultural products, such as corn, potatoes, and tobacco, changed European lifestyles. 
• European horses and cattle changed the lifestyles of American Indians.
 • European diseases, such as smallpox, killed many American Indians. 
 
Impact of the Columbian Exchange:
 • Shortage of labor to grow cash crops led to the use of African slaves.
 • Slavery was based on race.
 • European plantation system in the Caribbean and the Americas destroyed indigenous economics and damaged the environment. ]]> 2017-11-13 02:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/nalani1025/ddlj1z13gaj2/wish/206075970 4. What were the roles of the Commercial Revolution and mercantilism in the growth of European nations? nalani1025 https://padlet.com/nalani1025/ddlj1z13gaj2/wish/206076270 Terms to know:
 • mercantilism: An economic practice adopted by European colonial powers in an effort to become self sufficient; based on the theory that colonies existed for the benefit of the mother country 
 
Commercial Revolution: 
• European maritime nations competed for overseas markets, colonies, and resources. 
• A new economic system emerged:
    – New money and banking systems were created.
    – Economic practices such as mercantilism evolved.
    – Colonial economies were limited by the economic needs of the mother country. 
 ]]> 2017-11-13 02:30:27 UTC https://padlet.com/nalani1025/ddlj1z13gaj2/wish/206076270 5. What was the triangular trade? What was the impact of precious metal exports from the Americas? nalani1025 https://padlet.com/nalani1025/ddlj1z13gaj2/wish/206076751 The triangular trade linked Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Slaves, sugar, and rum were traded. 
 
Export of precious metals:
 • Gold and silver exported to Europe and Asia 
• Impact on indigenous empires of the Americas 
• Impact on Spain and international trade 
 ]]> 2017-11-13 02:34:20 UTC https://padlet.com/nalani1025/ddlj1z13gaj2/wish/206076751 6. How did the Chinese and Japanese attempt to limit the influence of European merchants? nalani1025 https://padlet.com/nalani1025/ddlj1z13gaj2/wish/206077492 China:
• Creation of foreign enclaves to control trade 
• Imperial policy of controlling foreign influences and trade 
• Increase in European demand for Chinese goods (tea, porcelain) 
 
Japan:
• Characterized by a powerless emperor controlled by a military leader (shogun) 
• Adopted policy of isolation to limit foreign influences ]]> 2017-11-13 02:39:43 UTC https://padlet.com/nalani1025/ddlj1z13gaj2/wish/206077492 Vocab 1-Line of Demarcation (Treaty of Tordesillas) nalani1025 https://padlet.com/nalani1025/ddlj1z13gaj2/wish/206080639 Boundary Line in the mid Atlantic created by pope Alexander VI that granted Spain control over everything west of the line and Portugal control of everything east of it. The line was late moved further west to give Portugal more territory in the Americas which would soon become known as Brazil. ]]> 2017-11-13 03:03:02 UTC https://padlet.com/nalani1025/ddlj1z13gaj2/wish/206080639 Vocab 2-Subsides nalani1025 https://padlet.com/nalani1025/ddlj1z13gaj2/wish/206083232 governmental grants]]> 2017-11-13 03:23:48 UTC https://padlet.com/nalani1025/ddlj1z13gaj2/wish/206083232 Vocab 3-Mercantilism nalani1025 https://padlet.com/nalani1025/ddlj1z13gaj2/wish/206083334 An economic practice adopted by European colonial powers in an effort to become self sufficient; based on the theory that colonies existed for the benefit of the mother country ]]> 2017-11-13 03:24:24 UTC https://padlet.com/nalani1025/ddlj1z13gaj2/wish/206083334 Vocab 4-Tariff nalani1025 https://padlet.com/nalani1025/ddlj1z13gaj2/wish/206083757 A tax on an import]]> 2017-11-13 03:27:39 UTC https://padlet.com/nalani1025/ddlj1z13gaj2/wish/206083757 Vocab 5-Encomiendas nalani1025 https://padlet.com/nalani1025/ddlj1z13gaj2/wish/206083981 land granted by Spain to American settlers which also includes the right to have Native Americans work on that land]]> 2017-11-13 03:29:10 UTC https://padlet.com/nalani1025/ddlj1z13gaj2/wish/206083981