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Theme: Movement of People and Goods: Trade Trade routes and trade organizations have had an impact on nations and regions. The effects have been both positive and negative. Task: Identify two trade routes and/or trade organizations and for each
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Theme: Movement of People and Goods: Trade • Trade routes and trade organizations have had an impact on nations and regions. The effects have been both positive and negative. • Task: • Identify two trade routes and/or trade organizations and for each • Explain one reason for the establishment of the trade route or trade organization • • Discuss one positive effect or one negative effect of the trade route or trade organization on a specific nation or region • You may use any example from your study of global history. Some suggestions you might wish to consider include the Silk Roads, the trans-Saharan trade routes of the African kingdoms, Mediterranean trade routes, the Hanseatic League, the British East India Company, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), and the European Union (EU). Internet Safety Trooper Joe DePlato I-Safe Trainer Patrick Aroune
Theme: Economic Systems • Societies have developed different economic systems for many reasons. Some of these economic systems include manorialism, capitalism, and communism. • Task: • Identify one society and one economic system that has been used or is • being used in that society and • • Discuss the historical circumstances surrounding the development of that economic system • • Describe two features of the economic system • • Evaluate the impact the economic system had on this society during a specific historical period • You may use any society from your study of global history. Some suggestions you might wish to consider include western Europe during the Middle Ages, western Europe during the Industrial Revolution, the Soviet Union between 1917 and 1990, Japan after World War II, • China since 1949, and Cuba since 1959. Internet Safety Trooper Joe DePlato I-Safe Trainer Patrick Aroune
Economics How individuals and nation’s provide for themselves Internet Safety Trooper Joe DePlato I-Safe Trainer Patrick Aroune PERSIA
Traditional Economics Cause • Population Growth • Need for Organization • Tools
Traditional Economics • Agricultural • Early Civilizations • Limited production (pottery and cloth) • Beginnings of Government
Enhancing Economics Trade
Benefits of Trade • Bring in new wealth for nation or empire. • Increase the power of a civilization • Cultural Diffusion (Religion, Science and Math).
Mediterranean and the Silk Road brought gems, spices, and silk. • Nile brought ivory and gold
Highway of Trade Benefited Rome and Italian city-states
Crossroads of Trade Benefited East and West
Mail - Ghana - Songhai Sub-Saharan Trade Sub-Saharan Trade
Political Decline of Rome No Centralized Government Manorialism
Economic Power Based on Land Self-Sufficient / No Trade Rigid Social Structure
Growth of European Trade Commercial Revolution Commercial Revolution
Growth of European Trade Religious Crusades Renaissance Causes Causes
Growth of European Trade Increase in Trade Capitalism and Money Deposit Banking-Insurance-Stock Companies Growth of Urban Centers Growth of Middle Class Formation of Guilds Commercial Revolution
Absolutism and Economics Mercantilism Mercantilism
Absolutism and Economics Gain access to raw materials and new markets. Mother Country achieves favorable balance of trade Associated with Colonialism Associated with Colonialism
Domination of one country of another country Imperialism
Colony – gained control • Spheres of Influence • Advanced Weaponry • Prestige • Social Darwinism • “White Mans Burden” Effects Effects
Economic and Social Change Industrial Revolution
Laissez-Faire • Corporations • New Class Structure. • Urbanization • Working Conditions • Rising Standard of Living Effects Effects
Free Market Capitalism • Based on private ownership. • Prices determined by Supply and Demand. • Free Competition
Laissez Faire Economics • “Do as they choose” • Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations (1776) Political Economist • Smith supported intervention on behalf of health and safety.
Question • What economic system does this contradict?
Government Making Decisions Command Economy
Karl Marx and Fredrich Engles • Communist Manifesto • Workers take control of production Communism Communism
WWI • Famine and poverty • Inequality of wealth Causes Causes
a.k.a. October Revolution • Soviet Union / China • Communal Farming and Collectivization / 5 Year Plans • No incentive / failed Bolshevik Revolution Bolshevik Revolution
Commercial Farming Cash Crop Economics
Intended for sale / export • Tobacco, coffee, and sugar • Potential for economic devastation. Single Crop Economics Single Crop Economics
Economies of Developing Nations "The trade policies of the industrialized countries cause great harm to the economies of many developing nations which depend heavily upon agriculture,"
Eliminated trade Barriers. • Common custom tariffs. • Equalized wages and social security. European Economic Community European Economic Community
Supervise Free Trade World Trade Organization
Planting wheat and barley • • Domesticating animals • • Establishing permanent homes and villages • At the beginning of the Neolithic Revolution, the most direct impact of these developments was on • (1) religion and government • (2) transportation and trade • (3) diet and shelter • (4) climate and topography
Planting wheat and barley • • Domesticating animals • • Establishing permanent homes and villages • At the beginning of the Neolithic Revolution, the most direct impact of these developments was on • (1) religion and government • (2) transportation and trade • (3) diet and shelter • (4) climate and topography
The terms masters, apprentices, and journeymen are most closely associated with the (1) encomienda system of Latin America (2) guild system of Europe in the Middle Ages (3) civil service system of China during the Tang dynasty (4) caste system of India
The terms masters, apprentices, and journeymen are most closely associated with the (1) encomienda system of Latin America (2) guild system of Europe in the Middle Ages (3) civil service system of China during the Tang dynasty (4) caste system of India
The economies of the western African civilizations of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai relied on (1) industrial growth (2) shipbuilding (3) textile production (4) trans-Saharan trade routes
The economies of the western African civilizations of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai relied on (1) industrial growth (2) shipbuilding (3) textile production (4) trans-Saharan trade routes
The economies of the western African civilizations of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai relied on (1) industrial growth (2) shipbuilding (3) textile production (4) trans-Saharan trade routes
The economies of the western African civilizations of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai relied on (1) industrial growth (2) shipbuilding (3) textile production (4) trans-Saharan trade routes
A major goal of Joseph Stalin’s five-year plans was to (1) encourage communist revolutions in the colonies of the European powers (2) transform the Soviet Union into an industrial power (3) expand the Soviet Union’s borders to include warm-water ports (4) reduce the amount of foreign aid coming from the Western Hemisphere
A major goal of Joseph Stalin’s five-year plans was to (1) encourage communist revolutions in the colonies of the European powers (2) transform the Soviet Union into an industrial power (3) expand the Soviet Union’s borders to include warm-water ports (4) reduce the amount of foreign aid coming from the Western Hemisphere
Which social scientist specializes in studying issues such as the scarcity of resources and availability of goods? (1) anthropologist (3) economist (2) sociologist (4) archaeologist