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-Geography Interactive Guided Tour -News Search: Scan the news for articles about turbulence or economic difficulties in Africa. Did any of these problems stem from events during the Age of Exploration.

Think About: -You are a European explorer setting up a trading post in Asia. List eh preparations that you need to make in order to develop a successful trading post. - Think about ways to respond to a bully:fight back, negotiate and give in. What are the pros and cons of each option.

-Fight back pro: Might win the fight con: Might lose the fight -Negotiate pro: You could come to an agreement con: Its always going to be what the bully wants -Give in pro: con: Your just going to do what the bully says

Juvens: The european's increasing profits in the trade industry led them to trade with the chinese In later years christian missionaries, primarily jesuits came to china in hopes of converting the people and teach them about the renaissance In the early 1600's, the Ming were conquered by the manchus people. Silk, cotton and porcelain industies rose sharply as well. Korea is invaled by the Japanese and after recovery, the Qing come in. This makes things hard for the korean to warm up to the Europeans. Japanese welcomed Europeans to trade with.

Bree-Anna Brown: in 1462 Cristopher Culumbus landed in the carribean. Encounter, conquer and Death was culumbus's cycle. He came up on the Tianos. The tianos live in villages and grew crops and cotton. they were friendly towards the spanish. The spanish still treated them bad. The spanish had horses that were used to carry stuff which was an advantage. the natives were afraid of horses because they have never seen them before. The spanish studied the cost of america. Cortes was a land owner in Cuba. He went to mexico in 1519 and met a indian woman named malinche. The spanish tried to convert the Aztecs into Christianity. Pizarro was interested in Peru's Inca empire which had more riches than the Aztecs.

What were some of the results of the encounters between the Spanish and tthe Native Americans? -Natives Died and the conquerors became very wealthy

How did cortes and Pizarro gain control of the 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 of the Americas? -A short-term effect was that the native lost their riches and a long-term affect was their population went down by a much as 90%. The Europeans also brought more technology and trade in the country.

Spain's empire went from california to south america by the mid 1500's The Catholic Church worked with Spain's government to convert the Native Americans Spain watched its economic activities very closely. The colonist could only export raw silver and gold to spain. The spanish monarchs granted the conquitadors the right to demand labor or tribute from Natives in a particular area. This right was called enconmienda. Spanish culture was dominant in the cities, the blending of diverse traditions changed people's lives. The Spanish colonial society was made up of different social classes. Colonial cities were centers of government, commerce and European culture.

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How did European Exploration lead to the Columbian Exchange? By exploring the Europeans realized which countries needed what, what did best where, and how different places functioned.This lead to the widespread trading of animals, plants etc. What was the commercial revolution? The commercial revolution was a period of inflation, which is a sharp rise in prices due to an increase in the amount of money availawble. what was mercantilism? What impact did it have on European and colonial economies? Mercantilism is an economic policy where nations in Europe wanted to export more than they were importing. They believed in order to build its supply of gold and silver, a nation must export more goods than it imported.

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 * Significance to others ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||
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