The Fur and SPice Trades

-By Group 1 Saraa, Anika, Bhavika, Aamna, Zunairah, Zaya, Minha

The fur and spices trades

Learning Objectives

1. Identify the economic causes of the fur and the spices trades. 2. Appreciate the hard work of producing common goods.

What spices do you use? Where do you think they come from? Why do we use spices in food?

Glossary-

1. Commodity- When any product is bought or sold. 2. Voyage- a long journey involving travel by sea or in space. 3. Obsessed-keep thinking about them and find it difficult to think about anything else. 4. To violate- Breaking or dishonoring the law 5. Fur- the short, fine, soft hair of certain animals.

During the Age of Discovery, furs and spices were two of the most popular goods in Europe. Explorers crossed oceans to find them. These voyages took weeks and sometimes even months, so explorers were also constantly searching for a faster and shorter sailing route.

Introduction-

Where do you find the spice trade?

The spice trade involved historical civilizations in Asia, Northeast Africa, and Europe. Spices such as cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, pepper, clove, and turmeric were known and used in antiquity and traded in the Eastern World

Fur

• The fur trade began in North America in the 16th century CE.
• Explorers from France and England sailed to what is now known as US and Canada.
• They established trading relationships with the native people who lived there.
• The native people never saw European knives and weapons so they traded animal furs such as beaver and otter for these objects.
• Beaver fur coats and hats became fashionable for rich Europeans.

Paprika: Although paprika is often associated with Hungarian cuisine, the plant originated in central Mexico before being brought to Spain in the 16th century.

Black Pepper Black Pepper: The world's most traded spice is native to the south cultivated there.

What was the most popular spice traded?

• Spices were another commodity that Europeans sailed across the oceans to find, SPices such as cloves, pepper, cinnamon, and ginger could not be found in Europe and Europeans soon become obsessed with finding these spices.
• In 1498 CE, the Portuguese explorer Vasco De Gama sailed thousands of miles to India to search for these spices.
• Then, in 1506 CE, Afonso de Albuquerque, another Portuguese explorer, sailed to India too. In 1492 CE, Christopher Columbus started a voyage to find a shorter route to Southeast Asia and ended up in Central and South America instead.

Get Ready: Take a piece of paper or take your rough book write your answers and we'll check them at the end.

1. In which century did the fur trade begin in North America? a) 12th century b) 18th century c) 16th century d)15th century

2. Explorers from ________ and _________ sailed to what is now known as the United States and Canada. a) America and Brazil b)United Kingdom and England c) France and England

3. Spices were another commodity that Americans sailed across the oceans to find. a) True b)False

4. The spice trade involved historical civilizations in _____, Northeast Africa, and ________.

a) Africa ad Eurasia b) South America and Asia c) Asia and Europe

5. _______ - When any product is bought or sold.

1. To violate 2. Obsessed 3. Commodity 4. Fur

Answers-

1. 16th century 2. France and England 3. False 4. Asia and Europe 5. Commidity