Analyze the ENCOUNTER between Europeans and the peoples of the Americas as the COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE — biological, cultural, ecological, and demographic transformation including ~90% Indigenous mortality 1492-1600
Exercise
Difficulty 3
~7 min
hist.g7.s.ex_45
Calculation
Prompt
Use Manila Galleon data + math.g7.s.rp: ~200 tons silver/year peak 1580-1610. Calculate the 250-year Manila Galleon total (assuming 100 tons/year average 1565-1815).
How it's presented
mode
text
Answer criteria
type
rubric essay
rubric
- points
- 4
- criterion
- ~25,000 tons total (250 years × 100 tons)
- points
- 3
- criterion
- Names Potosí + Ming silver-demand
- points
- 3
- criterion
- Names Wallerstein world-system
Hints
- 100 tons × 250 years = 25,000 tons.
- Potosí ~60% of world silver 1500-1800.
Misconceptions to watch
- Treating Manila Galleon as 'just trade'
- Ignoring Ming silver-demand
Used in lessons