SSWH10 Age of Exploration

SSWH10 Age of Exploration

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Answer the Warm Up Question

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How did the actions of explorers like Zheng He help forge a global world? Provide an example from slide.

Answer

• Through their explorations they were able to bring together the cultures of the eastern and western hemispheres.

• Global means that people from every hemisphere are able to interact with one another.

• Each exploration inched farther and farther until people from every hemisphere were able to interaction with each other.

Multiple Choice

What makes the world global?

• Interacting with others within the same region in the same hemisphere.

• Interacting with others from different regions/hemispheres around the world.

• All of the above

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Write the number and the letter that matches the number.

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How did the actions of conquistadors like Ponce de Leon help forge a global world? Provide an example from slide.

Answer

• Through their conquests they were able to bring together the cultures of the eastern and western hemispheres.

• Example: Cortez traveled from Europe to conquer the Aztecs in the Americas.

• Global means that people from every hemisphere are able to interact with one another.

Multiple Choice

All of the following are reasons for exploration, EXCEPT...

• God

• Gold

• Glory

• Technology

• Democratic Governments

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Which would you rather be, an explorer or conquistador? Briefly tell why.

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Why do you think it took so long for people from the eastern and western Hemispheres to begin interacting with one another?

Answer

• People were separated by HUGE oceans

• It took time to develop technology that equipped people with the tools to travel over these HUGE oceans.

Multiple Select

One way that the Columbian exchange changed life in both the western and eastern hemispheres was

• New diseases greatly altered populations not immune to the diseases

• a new economy focused on cash crops began to develop

Multiple Choice

Use the questions on the slide to choose an answer.

• It was a brutal system that relied on weapons and violence to force human labor production

• It was a system that treated Native Americans fairly and used collaboration to solve labor issues

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1. How did the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade impact Africa's Population? 2. ...the Americas?

Answer

• Populations in both areas increased

• But Africa's population grew more slowly

• While America's population doubled

Independent

Answer the following on your own. This will be timed, and we will move to the next question together.

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How did the Transatlantic Slave Trade impact the people of both the Americas and Africa?

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How did the Transatlantic Slave Trade impact the people of both the Americas and Africa?

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Answer today's Lesson closure.