New Horizons: The Emergence of New World Patterns 1500-1800
After you read the assigned section, you need to answer the following questions for that section in note form. Be prepared to do some journal writing in class on a variation of the questions and/or discuss the issues raised in your answers and/or take a reading quiz. You also need to come up with one significant question of your own and answer it.
Section 1 (485-492)
1.What does following statement mean: "Religion provided the moral
approval for the more materialistic goals of the explorers." Do you
agree or disagree with the statement?
2. What factors led to Portugal taking the lead in exploration?
Section 1 (492-495)
1. How was the encomienda system supposed to work? How was this different
than the reality?
2. Discuss the impact of the conquistadores on Spain and the native people of Latin America.
Section 2
1. What factors influenced African participation in enslaving other Africans?
How did the increasing European demand for slaves affect this situation?
2. How did the slave trade affect the social and political systems of Africa?
Section 3
1. Why was there a shift in power from Portuguese control of the spice trade
to Dutch control? How were some countries in Southeast Asia able to resist
European control?
2. Describe the daily life of people in Southeast Asian societies.
Outside Reading
Letter to Lord Sanchez, 1493 by Christopher Columbus
"A Modern Hero: Rígoberta Menchú" by Deborah Menkart
The African Slave Trade by Basil Davidson
Making Connections
16.1
16.2-16.3
Paper Assignment
You will choose at random to represent one of the following people. You need to write a 2-4 page typed, double spaced paper in which you discuss what European exploration means to you. This can be as a letter, journal entry, autobiography-whatever form you want. You will be graded on your understanding of perspective and inclusion of historical information. You must include at one outside source, parenthetical citations, and a bibliography. (70 Points)
1. Portuguese explorer
2. Spanish explorer
3. Ordinary person living in Spain
4. Native person of Latin America
5. Portuguese monarch
6. Spanish monarch
7. African slave trader
8. African slave
9. Local ruler in Africa
10. Dutch trader
11. Ordinary person living in the Netherlands
12. Vietnamese king
13. Ordinary person living in Southeast Asia