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CONNECTING THE DOT’S

MAKING CONNECTIONS IN HISTORY

• History is all about connecting the dots!

• In this activity I will provide you with four terms that can be related to each other.

• It is your job to come up with a “Main Idea” Term

CONQUISTADOR

• What is a Conquistador?• - A Conquistador is a Spanish soldier that explored the

Americas and Claimed land for Spain.

• What do you know about Conquistador?• Hernando Cortes led a Spanish army into Tabasco an

Aztec province in Southeastern Mexico.• Cortes took advantage of the weaknesses of the Aztec

Empire. (Discovered South America)• After Cortes explored the Americas, several explorers

followed to create a new empire in the Americas.

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

• Who is Christopher Columbus?• Italian Navigator who looked for a faster water route

to Asia.

• What do you know about him?• Christopher Columbus is from Italy• Received a charter from King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.• He named his ships the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria• He discovered the West Indies.• Provided other explorers the idea that it was possible to sail

west and find land.

MERCANTILISM

• What is Mercantilism?• -Creating favorable trade by taking natural resources from

other lands.• An example of this is how colonies provided mines that

produced gold and silver. In addition, they produced goods such as crops like wheat. This would be traded for gold and silver. Finally, they served as a market for the home country.

• What do you know about Mercantilism?• Middle Passage• Missionaries• Triangular Trade• Slaves, Wheat, Sugar

MIDDLE PASSAGE

• What is the Middle Passage?• The middle leg of the triangular trade route that brought

captured Africans to serve as slaves.

• What do you know about the the Middle Passage?• Slaves were traded during the Middle Passage.• Cruel treatment of people• Disease • Olaudah Equiano

YOUR OWN TERM

What term do you think goes best with Conquistador, Christopher Columbus, Mercantilism and Middle Passage?

a. American Revolutionb. Glorious Revolutionc. French and Indian Ward. Triangular Tradee. Colombian Exchange

START CONNECTING

• Conquistador • Christopher Columbus• Mercantilism• Middle Passage• Triangular Trade or Colombian Exchange• Or whatever you think works best!

HOW DO I START?

1st Term

Cortes took advantage of the

weaknesses of the Aztec Empire.

After Cortes explored the Americas, several explorers followed to create a new empire

in the Americas.

2nd Term

Christopher Columbus

discovered the West Indies. HeProvided other

explorers the idea that it was possible

to sail west and find land.

How can you connect these two events?

THE NEXT STEP

3rd Term

Mercantilism is creating favorable trade by taking natural resources from other lands.

An example of this is how colonies provided mines that produced gold and silver. In addition, the produced goods such as crops like wheat. This would be traded for gold and silver. Finally, they served as a market for the home country.

4th Term

The Middle Passage was the middle leg of the triangular trade route that brought captured Africans to serve as slaves.

How do these to relate to each other?How do they relate to the previous two?

YOUR TERM

• Take your “Main Idea” term and tie the knot to all the other terms.

• For example I would select either Colombian Exchange or Triangular Trade.