Spicy Trade
Vocabulary
Famous Explorers
Understanding the Market
Ships, Trips, and Natives
100
The name of the four spices that were being consumed and purchased during the age of exploration.
Black Pepper, Clover, Cinnamon, and Nutmeg
100
A Spanish Conqueror of the Americas
What is a Conquistador.
100
The Italian sailor who corrected Columbus's mistake, acknowledging the coasts of America as a new world. America is named after him
Amerigo Vespucci
100
This is the amount of consumers willing to purchase your product.
What is demand?
100
The three reasons spices were highly demanded?
To show off their wealth, religious ceremonies, and to cover up the taste of salty meat.
200
This spice comes from a flowering vine that can be crushed for eating. It was used during the mummification process around 1200 B.C. It is considered a household staple (necessary) in today's cooking.
What is Black Pepper.
200
This is to sail around the world.
What is to Circumnavigate.
200
Italian navigator who "discovered" the New World in the service of Spain while looking of a route to China (1492-1506).
Christopher Columbus
200
This is the amount of product that you have for consumers to purchase.
What is supply
200
What were the main reasons for Exploration?
New trade routes, Spread of religion, advancements in navigation, printed material, and navigational schools.
300
This spice is the ground seed of a fruit. It was commonly used to ward off illnesses such as Dysentery, Typhoid, and Bubonic Plague. In today's society it is commonly used in the making of eggnog, puddings, and fruit pies.
What is nutmeg.
300
This is the branch of knowledge concerned with the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth.
What is Economics?
300
Famous for exploring the cost of New England in North America, found the Hudson River in New York
Hudson
300
1.) Number of producers
2.) Cost of resources needed to make the product
3.)Improved Technology
4.) Natural Events
What are supply changes
300
Why is the theory that Europeans used spices on rotten meat no longer believed?
It is thought that if Europeans had enough wealth to pay for spices then they would not have purchased low quality meat. Instead they would have used the spices to cover up how salty the meat was.
400
This spice is the bark of a plant. It was used in the ancient world for many things such as in embalming, anointing oil, and as a perfume. Today we use this in many various treats such as gingerbread cookies, hot chocolate, and Big Red chewing gum.
What is cinnamon.
400
This is a person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so.
What is an Entrepreneur
400
This person accredited with circumnavigating the world.
Ferdinand Magellan
400
1.) Consumer Tastes
2.) Number of Consumers
3.) Increase in Consumer Income
What are demand changes
400
These are the name of the three vessels that Christopher Columbus and his shipmates used to travel to the New World.
What is the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria
500
This spice is a dried flower bud of an Evergreen Tree. This spice was chewed to treat bad breath but also has medicinal properties. They are commonly used in both sweet and savory dishes such as Pumpkin Pie.
What are cloves.
500
This is an economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought
What is Mercantilism
500
This famous explorer is known for traveling the coast of Canada in search of a water passage to Asia
Cartier
500
What is a Demand Schedule?
500
This is the Spanish priest and missionary who traveled to the island of Hispaniola in 1502 to convert the Native Americans to Christianity. He also wrote about the mistreatment of the Native Americans in an essay called "In Defense of the Indian".
Who was Bartolome de Las Casas