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European Footholds in South and Southeast Asia.

- After Vasco da Gama's voyage the Portuguese spread into the Indian Ocean. - By that time the Muslim rulers already established the Mughal rulers - The portuguese took over the island of Goa, which is off the coast of India - This was made into their militart and commerical base. - In less than 50 years the Portuguese had build a trading empire with military and merchant outposts. - The Portuguese lacked resources to make inroads to the region (India) - They made an effort to convert their people to Christianity and by 1600's they converted fewer than a million peple to Christianity. - The Dutch were the first Europeans to challenge Portuguese dmoiation of Asian tade. - The coutry we now know as Netherlands was earlier used for trading purposes - In 1599 the Dutch came back to Amsterdam from being in Asia for over a year. - The btoguh back pepper cloves and other spices. - Netherlands gained a secure foothold in the region after a frenzy of overseas activities. - The Dutch East India Company was formed by a grouped of welathy Dutch merchants. - The company had full sovereigh power, unlike the SPansih and Portuguese ocmpaonis and were powerful from the start. It eventually dominated the region. - Malacca was captured from the Portuguese by the Dutch and opend trade with china. - A monoply was then formed in the spice islands, controlling shipments to Europe as well as trade within Southeast Asia. - The Dutch trading empire declined because of the growing power of England and France. - Spain decided to take over the Philippines because the Dutch and the Portuguese set up pases on the frignes of Asia. - Spain had conquered and colonized all the islands within about 59 years. - They tried to convert everyone to Christianity so they could be utied and become a stronger force. - Mughal India was the cneter of the valuable spice trade and also major in exporting a lot of silk and cotton cloth. No kingdom in Europe was as large, as walthy and as powerful. - Over time the Mughal empire weakened. - By the late 1700's it had used its greath wealth to dominate most of India.

Ecounter in Eat Asia

Objectives: Describe Europrean contacts with Ming China. Understand the Manchi conquest and its impact on the European trade. Analyze the factors that led Korea to isolate itself from other nations. Summarize Japans attitude toward foreign trade and how they changed over time

In 1492 columbus lands in the west indies.

Columbus came upon the tainos. Spanish treated them bad. Diseases killed about 90 percent of the indians.

What were some of the results of the encounters between the Spanish and the Native. Some results are that native died, conquistadors became weathly

How did Cortes and Pizarro gain control of the Aztec and Incan empires. They gained control by, using there advanced weapons and working with Melinche.

What were the short tern and long term effects of the Spansh on the peoples of Amercas The short term effect was that the civilization lost all of there riches and in the long term there population started to decline.

Spain was a very powerful country. They conquered and colonized many countries the Americas. After doing this they hwere able to discover and mine new riches spices. They mined silver, and gold and had sugar cane plantations in the West Indies. Spain was ver smart when controlling. Spain practiced Mercantilism. The riches and goods where all brought back to Spain, before being exported to other countries. The spanish created a lot of jobs in Spain because when all the gold and silver was brought to Spain it created many jobs. A disadvantage was there was little jobs for the people in the colonies. Also the British and French realised what the Spanish where doing and they sent pirates to steal teh riches from the ships going back to Spain. There are many pros and cons to how spain controlled their trade.

Please complete the following evaluation of the Great Person visiting the classroom today:

1) Report Card for Great Individuals - Chad- Louie xiv (1) || Below Average (2) || Average  (3) || Above Average  (4) || Outstanding  (5) ||
 * || Poor
 * Charisma ||  ||   ||   ||   || 5 ||
 * Intelligence ||  ||   ||   || 4 ||   ||
 * Determination ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||
 * Ability to Problem-Solve ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||
 * Decision-Making Ability ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||
 * Describe the person's leadership style ||  || 2 ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Significance to others ||  ||   ||   || 4 ||   ||
 * Evidence of Achievements ||  || 2 ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Relevance to Contemporary History ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||
 * Overall Impact on History ||  ||   ||   || Score: || 29 ||
 * Overall Impact on History ||  ||   ||   || Score: || 29 ||

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2. Please complete the following about the individual as well.

Please complete the following evaluation of the Great Person visiting the classroom today:

1) Report Card for Great Individuals - Manueala volture (1) || Below Average (2) || Average  (3) || Above Average  (4) || Outstanding  (5) ||
 * || Poor
 * Charisma ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||
 * Intelligence ||  ||   ||   || 4 ||   ||
 * Determination ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||
 * Ability to Problem-Solve ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||
 * Decision-Making Ability ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||
 * Describe the person's leadership style ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||
 * Significance to others ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||
 * Evidence of Achievements ||  ||   ||   || 4 ||   ||
 * Relevance to Contemporary History ||  ||   ||   || 4 ||   ||
 * ||  ||   ||   || 4 ||   ||
 * Overall Impact on History ||  ||   ||   || Score: ||   ||