Transcript VA and US History - Central High School

World History II
Trade Patterns in 1500 AD
Lecture Notes:
Unit 1 Lesson 4
Standard WHII.2d,e
To Do:
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Vocabulary
Interpretation
Question of the Day
Notes (Mapping trade routes)
Activity - Bubble Web Organizer
Multiple Choice Analysis
Vocabulary
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Diffusion
Astrolabe
Sextant
Caravan
Conquest
Textiles
Interpretation
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What is the farthest you have ever been
away from home. No matter where it was,
you must have felt a little disoriented. As a
class…make a bubble chart on the
whiteboard:
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What were the people like?
What did it look like?
Were you nervous, or not worried at all?
What was the food like?..etc.
Questions of the Day
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What were the regional trading patterns about
1500 A.D. (C.E.)?
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Why were the regional trading patterns
important?
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What technological and scientific
advancements had been made and
exchanged by 1500 A.D. (C.E.)?
Eastern Hemisphere Trade Routes 1500 CE
Silk Roads
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The Silk Road or Silk Route:
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was an interconnected series of routes through
Southern Asia (north of India)
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Camel caravans and ships connected China, with
the Moguhl Empire, Ottoman Empire, Asia Minor,
Europe and other points.
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Over 8,000 km (5,000 miles) long.
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The darker red represents
the traditional “Silk Road”.
Alexander the Great’s conquest into Persia (320’s BC) makes
the first real connection between Southern Europe and China
The conquests of Genghis Khan effectively connected the Eastern
world with the Western world for the first time (1215 to 1360 AD).
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Genghis
Khan
Sea Route Across the Indian Ocean
Trans-Saharan routes across North Africa
Black Sea Trade Route
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Connects the Far
East to the Middle
East to Europe and
Africa.
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The Black Sea is the
central trading hub of
Asia and Europe.
Connection to the Silk Road
Importance of trade patterns
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While the main
importance of the
trade routes may
have been the
transportation and
sale of goods, traders
brought ships full
new/different ideas as
well.
Advancements exchanged along
trade routes
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Chinese Inventions:
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Paper, compass, silk, porcelain, gunpowder, and
printing.
Ancient Chinese Inventions
Hindu /Arabic Inventions
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Numeral system of
tens (rather than
XVI etc)
Another Arabic “Invention”
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Though the Astrolabe was invented by the
Ancient Greeks, Arabs reintroduced it to
Europe late in the Medieval era.
Astrolabe
Sextant
Indian Invention:
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Indians perfected
textile production
and their fabrics
became very
popular in Europe
Activity
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Fill in the bubble organizer
Work independently for 3 min
Compare with neighbor for 3 min
Someone draw their bubble web on the
whiteboard
Different groups can add more bubbles
Questions of the Day
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What were the regional trading patterns about
1500 A.D. (C.E.)?
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Why were the regional trading patterns
important?
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What technological and scientific
advancements had been made and
exchanged by 1500 A.D. (C.E.)?
Multiple Choice Question Analysis
Extra Time Movie
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Kingdom of Heaven