The Beginnings of Our Global Age: Europe, Africa, and Asia 1415-1796

Chapter 2

The Search for Spices

The Moluccas p. 85

What was Prince Henry objectives?What is a cartographer?Who was Vasco da GamaHow did Portuguese exploration lead to the creating of a

trading empire?Summarize the story of Christopher Columbus and when did

he come to the Americas.Explain what the Treaty of Tordesillas wasWhat is Ferdinand Magellan’s story?What is circumnavigate?

Class activity p. 85-89

Section 2Turbulent Centuries in Africa p. 90-94

Portuguese fortsMombasaMalindi

PurposeCollecting foodTrade tools,

cloth, ivory, hides, slaves, etc.

African Slave Trade ExplodesSlave = Slavs

taken from Southern Russia to work in Roman times

Europeans enter the Slave TradePlantations

p. 91Primary

Source

African Leaders ResistAffonso I

king of KongoTaught by

missionariesOpposed

slaveryRead letter p.

94

African Leaders ResistFuta Toro

Find it on the map p. 92

Almany opposed

The Asante KingdomOsei Tutu

Unified the kingdom

Claimed his right to rule from heaven

Officials by merit rather than birth

The Oyo EmpirePresent day

NigeriaBenefited

from slave trade

Cape TownSee map on p.

92Boers

Dutch farmers

Encounters in East AsiaSection 4 (p. 99-103)

Ming China“Our empire owns

the world”

Macao (p. 101)Portuguese trading

postLater

Dutch, English Supervised tradePayments with

gold and silver only

Christian missionaries in ChinaMatteo Ricci

JesuitContributions

GeographyMathematicsPhilosophyOther scientific

topics

The Manchu Conquest (1644)Manchuria

Northeast The Great WallFall of the Ming

DynastyBeginning of the

Qing Dynasty

Qing DynastyConfucian system of

governmentSupported by Chinese

scholarsKangxiQianlong

Expanded China’s borders

Retired after 60 years

Peace and ProsperityChinese economy

expandedNew crops from the

Americas Corn and potatoes

Population boom 140 million (1740) to

300 million (1800)Silk, cotton, porcelain

industries expanded internally and

internationally

Rejecting contact with Europeans Restricting foreign trade Lord Macartney

Head of a British diplomatic mission

Brought samples of British-made goods

Chinese saw them as crude products and gifts to the emperor.

Insisted on an audience with the emperor

Kowtow (touching head to the ground).

Spoke of natural superiority of the English.

Korea and JapanKorea chooses

isolationForeign Trades

in JapanWelcomed first

Christian converts

Expelled