“Commerce is the great civilizer. We exchange ideas when we exchange fabrics .”

--Robert Ingersoll

Quote of the Day 18

Good Morning / AfternoonOctober 19th 2009

OutcomesStudent will begin to examine and argue the

position of Christopher Columbus as a historical figure

Students will describe how technology aided European Sailors

Student will explore the Columbian Exchange

To Do ListHomework- Discuss-Quiz- but you get to use your homeworkReview- Portuguese exploration(new) Spanish exploration- notes- 1492

October 19th

Announcements

This WEEK: Monday —9th / JV football @ Arkansas City

Golf (STATE)

Tuesday—Volleyball @ KMC vs Heights / West

Wednesday—LATE START

Thursday—Soccer vs West

Friday—Spirit DayFootball vs Winfield @ WSU- (senior night)

Chris Stefanich

What did you think?????

Review

1415- Crusading spirit-Ports seized Ceuta in North AfricaThis sparked the interest of the Portuguese King, Henry

1419-Henry built schools, gathered scientists, cartographers and builders- all in an attempt to improve exploration.

Portuguese began sending annual expeditions to Africa1441-Portugues reached Cape Verde- so what?

Brought back cargo of black slaves—so what? Relate to the Renaissance

1471- landing on West African coast, ports eventually muscled in on gold trade

1487- Bartolomew Diaz rounded the Cape of Good Hope

1497-1499 Vasco da Gama rounded Africa- returned home1498- Portuguese begin to muscle in on Muslim trade.1502-1520 no Moluccan spices traveled Red SeaPortuguese carried ¼ of goods

Timeline for Portuguese Exploration

ReviewMonopoly

What’s the goal of the game Monopoly??? http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95785273&ps=bb3

1500 King Manual dispatched 13 ships that landed on the coast of Brazil. Pedro Alvarez Cabral- then proceeded around the Cape to India

(6) At the point, every March ships were sent out and brought

back spices (Black Pepper, Nutmeg, Cloves)

Alfonso de Albuquerque crowned governor India 1509- 1515 captured Malacca and continued to try to expand As the Portuguese spread influence, they spread Christianity “While Buddha came to China on white elephants, Christ was

borne on cannon balls.”

Portuguese Imperialism

Portuguese pioneered sea travelPrince Henry- they sought new route to IndiaDiaz and da Gama found route around Africa

1497Portuguese establishes trade empire in India

“If we take this trade of Malacca away from them, Cairo and Mecca will be entirely ruined, and Venice will receive no spiceries unless her merchants go to buy them in Portugal.”

“The cannonballs came like rain, and the noise of the cannon was as the noise of thunder in the heavens and the flashes of fire of their guns were like flashes of lightening in the sky. And the noise of their guns was that of groundnuts popping in the frying pan”

Portuguese Imperialism

Quiz

Technological InnovationsReasons for European Success:

New navigation toolsMagnetic CompassAstrolabeMore Accurate Maps- PortsCaravelGunpowder

CannonsGunsCrossbowArmorHorses

“Commerce is the great civilizer. We exchange ideas when we exchange frabrics .”

--Robert Ingersoll

Quote of the Day 18

Spain was unified under Isabella and FerdinandThey has just finished completing the Reconquista

Christopher Columbus sailed in August of 1492 and returned March of 1993.

Beginning of Spain’s influence on the Global Scene

What Columbus a hero or a Villian?

Spain’s Fortunes

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Spanish_reconquista.gif

1492- Christopher ColumbusInitially sought the backing of the PortugueseAfter being denied went to Spain

Spain had hoped to bypass the ItaliansHe was a deeply religious man- Granada was a sign to

himHe was a very knowledgeable seaman- yet calculations

were off

Sailed with 3 ships, Pinta, Nina, & Santa MariaLeft Aug 3rd arrived Oct 12th – 1st of 4 tripsSparked a debate between Portugal and Spain

Alexander VI – set a line of demarcationEstablished the Treaty of Tordesailles

Spain Enters the race-game

Review- Two Great Explorers

The Columbian Exchange

Where does that word come from????Why aren’t we Columbia or something??

America

1507 a German cartographer read reports about the “New World” by an Italian sailor, Amerigo Vespucci and the name stuck.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95622629

Columbus- please listen

Columbus- Hero or Villain

Socratic Seminar

Read 404-411

Write a paragraph explaining why Columbus was or was not a hero.Please have at least one additional source,

beyond the bookMLA citation required and annotated

Have a explanation of your source with your citation

Be ready to argue your position in class.

Homework