AP World History (12/8)

What is the story of this cartoon? What does it show us about Economic developments of this era (1450-1750)?

Mercantilism-a visual

Humanism leads to capitalism What is this?

Economic system based on private ownership of property and business that produces goods

Supply and demand affect this (invisible hand) The “putting-out” system (replaces the guild

system of the Middle Ages) All risk goes to the individual

Mercantilism-government bears some of this risk How does the following cartoon explain some of the

risks involved in a capitalist system? How did early European business people avoid some of these risks?

Calvin and Hobbes explain capitalism

China the first player in exploration Chinese junk- largest and

most seaworthy Ming Emperor Yongle

sponsored a series of explorations by Zheng He (1405-1433)

To reassert China’s power after the Yuan Dynasty (the Mongols)

After Yongle’s death, Ming return to isolation/protection (memory of Mongol invasion)

Spain and Portugal Looked outside of Mediterranean for

trade because of Genoa and Venice’s dominance

What were they looking for? Trade, converts to Christianity, personal

wealth, wealth for mother country/investors (key cog in mercantilism for many European countries)

AP World History (12/9) Do Now: Which of the following is the BEST

definition for ethnocentrism? A. The complete social and political domination

of another country. B. The creation of a central political authority. C. The tendency to view other cultures through

the eyes of their own; usually leads to a belief that their own culture is superior.

D. The desire to make a kingdom/empire/country the economic center of the world.

Portuguese get a leg up Henry the Navigator

Navigation school Improvements in

astrolabe and compass The caravel

Deep seas and shallow harbors

Two sets of sails Bartholomew Dias and

Vasco de Gama Around the tip of Africa

and into the Indian Ocean

Conflict with Spanish Columbus’s voyages (1492-1498) Who controlled what lands? The Treaty of Tordesillas (1494-

final line dividing the hemispheres)

Spain claims all land west of the line

Line redrawn again in 1529 (Pacific Ocean)

How is this an early example of ethnocentrism?

What effect does this decision have on each country?

Conquest (Spain) vs. Trade (Portugal)

God, gold, and glory Desire for wealth=gold Desire for personal

glory (conquerors or explorers)

God=convert people to Christianity

Bartolome de las Casas-a conquistador turned priest

What is his perspective?

Bartolome de las Casas A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies Letting King Philip II know about New World

abuses “…They (the Spanish) forced their way into

native settlements, slaughtering everyone they found there, including small children, old men, and pregnant women…they even laid wagers on whether they could slice a man in two at a stroke, or cut an individual’s head from his body, or disembowel him with a single blow of their axes…they spared no one…”

The Encomienda System Forced labor (natives to

work in fields or mines) Based on Incan mit’a

system Spanish were supposed to

provide for the workers and convert them to Christianity

Breakdown-death of natives increase of time commitment for workers importing African slaves to colonies

The Mission (1986) This movie highlights the

Jesuit’s role in spreading Christianity Note: The Jesuits depicted in

the film are NOT working in accordance with Spain

Where do we see examples of ethnocentrism in the clips?

Where do we see examples of conflict in the clips?

Whose perspective on uniting the hemispheres does the movie support? How does this create bias?

What does it mean? In the closing credits, the

following bible verse appears on the screen:

“The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.” John 1:5

What does this mean? Why do you think the

director chose to place this in the final credits?

AP World History (12/11) Do Now: Despite the creation of colonies in the Americas, the

Spanish economy actually suffered during this time period (1450-1750).

Examine the following list of facts. Which facts help us explain the mystery?1. The Spanish turned more and more to importing slaves from Africa.2. The amount of silver produced from Mexican and Peruvian mines

rose dramatically in the late 16th century.3. Silver that did arrive in Spain flowed out of the country to pay for its

many wars with England, France, and the Ottoman Empire, and to buy manufactured goods through the long distance trade networks.

4. The Mit’a system eventually gave way to a system of wage workers who were paid good wages to take on the dangerous work.

Perils and impacts of European colonization Social distinctions between groups

Peninsulares-born in Old World Creoles-born in the New World Mestizos-part European/part Amer-Indian

Relations between Europeans and Indians Environmental change displacement

Columbian Exchange Indentured servitude and slavery Hey, Mr. Stern! From, Reonna

AP World History (12/15) What was the African diaspora?

A. The spreading of Africans to many other parts of the world.

B. The trade in gold and salt located in West Africa.

C. The first person accounts of West Africans who had been sold into slavery.

D. The conversion of Africans to christianity.

AP World History (12/15) Which of the following was NOT a factor

in the African Diaspora? A. The spread of the slave trade. B. Sugar plantations’ importance to the

economy. C. Trade contact between Europeans and

West Africans. D. West African elites conversion to Islam.

How did this change Africa?

Impact on Africa? Europeans offer guns as trade

Key part of Trans-Atlantic slave trade Used by kingdoms to dominate their neighbors

Asante people-used firearms as its power base (control slave trade routes and raid enemies)

Dahomey-used firearms to subjugate their own people (rule by force/fear)

Impact=fear, violence, profit rise to the forefront (socially, politically, economically)