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Group: Keven , L ois, L aura , Karissa , Fredy. Pepper Fever – Global Connections. Global Connections – Pepper Trade. Demands was a great treasure from the east but only if they gave 3,000 pounds of pepper. Ship`s cargo of pepper cost 1,000 live. Pepper, Then and Now.
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Group: Keven, Lois, Laura, Karissa, Fredy Pepper Fever – Global Connections
Global Connections – Pepper Trade • Demands was a great treasure from the east but only if they gave 3,000 pounds of pepper. • Ship`s cargo of pepper cost 1,000 live
Pepper, Then and Now • (Today we take pepper for granted when they use to take it like if it was gold.) • Pepper is common today because world travel time has shrunk dramatically. • American have pepper for one or two days not years. • Arab is lost their monopoly.
Trade Revives • Stop by sea began by land. • The sea route is dangerous, overland route is worse. • The grim mountain ranges and bleak, forbidding desert of Asia is the rout that they took.
Trade Revives • England and Holland were fighting to controlled the trade in peppers and other spices. • The taxes for peppers is 5% of the money is spend by the United States.
What is a monopoly? • Monopoly is a situation in which there is just one seller of a product
Spice Caravans • People that take good to other places to sell.(peppers)
2. Where did pepper come from? a. Indonesia and India b. India and the Philippines c. Japan and Indonesia 3. How did the Arabs protect the spice trade routes? a. built a Great Wall b. called on the Power of the Sea c. told stories of monsters that guarded the spice lands 4. In this passage, what is a monopoly? a. a board game b. the complete control of a product c. one or many 5. What helped destroy the Western Roman Empire? a. the Crusades to Jerusalem b. Magellan’s voyage around the world c. the desire for pepper
6. Approximately, how long did Europe go without pepper? • a. 800 years • b. 2000 years • c. 8,000 years • 7. Who delighted the taste buds of Europeans with pepper again? • a. Crusaders • b. a Portuguese priest • c. Magellan • 8. Did the United States get pepper fever? • a. yes • b. no