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 * Resasons to explore || Portugal leads || Columbus sails ||

The search for spices

1. Understand European motivation for exploring the seas. European wanted the spices for food, medicine and perfume. The route through turkey was blocked.

2. Analyze early portugese and spanish Explorations Navigator Vaco da Gama led ships around the Cape of Good Hope. A lot of sailors died, but da Gama created a powerful world empire.

Now a lot of people were looking for a new sea route to Asia. Christopher Columbus was sponsored by the Spanish and was the first one that sailed the Caribbean islands.


 * An item of great value today**

An item of great value is nuclear weapons. Urania is controlled by main superpowers like Russia, America, China, France or Iran. Most of the other countries cannot obtain Uran because they do not own the necessary national resources and/ or technology to capture it. It is a very close guarded secret how to produce nuclear weapons so it is difficult to produce.


 * How and why did Portugal take the lead in overseas exploratiion?**

Portugal's geography made it very easy for the country to trade with the Mediterranean. **T**hey also wanted to spices and convert for example african poeple to christianity.

Obejectives: Describe how europeans established footholds on Africa's coasts. They were trading with guns. The powerful African tribes wanted the fire weapons and were agreeing to trade members of the weaker African states against guns.

Analyze how european actions affected the slave trade and the rise of African states. Understand how the european presence in Africa expanded.

The discussion about if southern Sudan should be independent is still on today.

How and why did the Portugese begin exploration in Africa? They only built footholds to trade slaves for guns. They did not really want to stay. Predict: What would the impact be in South anad Southeast Asia? The Portugeuses wanted to to as much trade as possible and then leave.

Strategic: To act with a strategy/aims: To do things with a plan.


 * European footholds in South and Southeast Asia**

Summarize how Portugal built a trading empire in South and Southeast Asia. After Vasco de Gama vaoyage, the Portuguese spread over the Indian Ocean. First they took over the island Goa and 50 years later, with the help of military force they had a commercial base.They lacked of resources. MAde an effort to convert the natives to christianity. They wanted that so they would be more united and powerful but it failed.

Analye the rise of the Dutch and Spanish dominance in the region. The Dutch were the first to dominate the Portugese. The Ducth wanted it for trading purposes. Brought back spices. The Netherlands gained a secure foothold in a frenzy of overseas. In 1602 a group of wealthy Dutch merchants fromed the Dutch East India Company. The eventually dominated the region The Ducth trading empire declined because the french and English had more growing power. The Spanish knew they could not take over India so they captured the Philippians and united it to Christianity to build a stronger force: They did not succed. MUghal India was not conquerd yet. It was the most poweful empire and India which weakened over time.


 * Encounters in East Asia**

Describe European contacts with Ming China. Understand the Manchu conquests and its impact on European trade. Analyze the factors that led Korea to isolate itself from other nations. Summarize Japan's attitude tward foreign trade and ohw they changed over time.
 * The Europeans increasing trading profit made them trade with china a lot.
 * The Chinese were not interested because they saw themself as economical independent and they saw no needs to trade with Europe.
 * Later Christian Missionaries came to China in hope to convert them to Chrisianity. They failed.
 * In the early 1600's, the Ming were conquered by the Manchus people.
 * After capturing China the Manchus made Beijing their capital, established the Quing dynasty whcih was a confucian government.
 * Chinese borders were expended.
 * Economic success grew.


 * Korea choses isolation.
 * Korea is invaded by the Japanese and after recovery the Quing come in.
 * This makes it hard for them to warm up with the Europeans.


 * The Japanese welcomed traders
 * Shoguzns, powerful military leaders viewed the Europeansk as a source of trouble aftrer hearing what happened with the other Asian countries.
 * The Japanese were fed up with it.

Conquest in The Americas


 * In 1492christpher Columbus landed in todays Carribean.
 * Encounters conquer and death for the Natives. Natives were friendly but still the Spanish were really bad to them.
 * Spanish conquers settled in the island of Hispanola.
 * Diseases killed a lot of natives so the natives population went down by 90%.
 * Cortes conquers Mexico because of stories about riches and gold.
 * The Indian girl Malinche agreed with Cortes to fight against the Aztecs.
 * Moctezuma was terrified and tried to be good with Cortes. Cortes did not care.
 * Tenochtitlan falls to the Spanish.
 * Cortes Indian captured and demolished Technotitlan.
 * Cortes' succes inspired many other spanish adventures.
 * Atahulpa refused to become a Spanish vassal or convert to Christianity.
 * Pizarro with the help of Indians killed ten thousand Incas.
 * Pizarro was killed himself by a rival Spanish faction a few years after he established the city of Lima.

What were some of the results to the encounters between the Spanish and the Native Americans? Natives died and the conquerors became very wealthy.

How did Cortes and Pizzaro gain control of te Aztec and Incan empires? They gained control by working together with Malinche and being very cruel and not appreciating.

What were the short-term and long-term effects of the Spanish on the peoples on the Americas? A short-term affect was that the Native lost their riches and a long-term affect their population went down by as much as 90%. The Europeans also brought more technology and trade in the country.

Phillip II King of Spain: (1) || Below Average (2) || Average (3) || Above Average (4) || Outstanding (5) ||
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 * Charisma ||  ||   ||   || x ||   ||
 * Intelligence ||  ||   || x ||   ||   ||
 * Determination ||  ||   ||   || x ||   ||
 * Ability to Problem-Solve ||  || x ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Decision-Making Ability ||  ||   || x ||   ||   ||
 * Describe the person's leadership style ||  ||   ||   || x ||   ||
 * Significance to others ||  ||   || x ||   ||   ||
 * Evidence of Achievements ||  ||   || x ||   ||   ||
 * Relevance to Contemporary History ||  ||   || x ||   ||   ||
 * Overall Impact on History ||  ||   || x || Score: 38 ||   ||
 * Overall Impact on History ||  ||   || x || Score: 38 ||   ||

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