Interactions and Disruptions
INTERCONNECTED
To connect with one another |
AGE OF EXPLORATION
A period from 1400 to 1600 in which Europeans traveled the rest of the world in search of goods, raw materials, land, and trade partners. |
INDIGENOUS
native or original inhabitant. |
Overview:
Efforts to reach the Indies resulted in the encounter between the people of Western Europe, Africa, and the Americas. This encounter led to a devastating impact on populations in the Americas, the rise of the transatlantic slave trade, and the re-orientation of trade networks.
Efforts to reach the Indies resulted in the encounter between the people of Western Europe, Africa, and the Americas. This encounter led to a devastating impact on populations in the Americas, the rise of the transatlantic slave trade, and the re-orientation of trade networks.
Unit Essential Question:
How did increased interconnections affect the world after the Encounter?
How did increased interconnections affect the world after the Encounter?
Lesson #1: Interconnected World
How interconnected was the world before the Age of Exploration? |
Lesson #2: Motivates of Exploration
What motivated European exploration in the 15th and 16th centuries? |
Lesson #3: Innovations
How did technological innovation impact the Age of Exploration? |
Lesson #4: Effects of Exploration
How did European exploration impact trade networks and power dynamics in the Eastern Hemisphere? |
Lesson #5: Christopher Columbus
What impact did Christopher Columbus have on global history? |
Lesson #6: Spanish New World
How did the geographic and historical context of the Spanish, Aztecs, and Inca affect interactions between the American civilizations and the Spanish? |
Lesson #7: Columbian Exchange
What was the impact of the Columbian Exchange on the Old World and New World? |
Lesson #8: Middle Passage
How did people experience the Middle Passage? |
Lesson #9: Impact of Colonization
How was power gained, consolidated, maintained, and distributed in the Spanish colonies? |