HW 3/8/14

Where is the silver going? 

Silver was going to China. China was the biggest buyer of silver in the world at the time the New World was founded.

Where is it coming from? 
Spanish America, Mexico and Peru, produced most of the silver in the world. It produced 15,000 tons of silver by itself between 1500 & 1800 and produced 80% of the world's silver.

Who are the major players in the 'silver trade'?
The mayor players in the silver trade were Europe, Asia (China), North America, and South America.

Columbus Day

It think that Columbus should deserve a day because it is unknown if anyone founded the Americans before he did. He is the only one that claimed it so it is unknown if he was the first one. He also doesn't deserve a day because there is evidence that he was not the first person to find the Americas. I am 50/50.

DBQ Reflection 3/4

I like the idea of the DBQ but I didn't understand how to write it. I think it would be easy to write if I knew how to write it. I think the most challenging part was trying to write the these since that is what everything is based off of. I think that the next time we do it, I will have a better understanding of it.

HW 2/26/14

Do you buy Menzie's argument that Zheng He's fleet made it to America before Colombus? Evaluate the evidence he used and explain why or why not? 

I do believe that the fleet reached America before Christopher Colombus did in 1492. This is because there is much more evidence to support the Chinese than Colombus. Menzie talks about the tides and the wind and how even if the Chinese put up their sails, they would still end up in the Carribean. He also describes the shark mounds in Bimini, which are most likely the remains of some junks that crashed there while there was a hurricane and the land was a sand bank. Menzie also talks about the relationship between the Chinses and Native Americans. All of the places that an explorer described had Native Americans whose's DNA was similar to that of the Chinese. The Narive American DNA and the DNA of a Chinese person are very similar. This is why I believe that the Cninese fleet reached America before the Europeans and Colombus.

HW 2/10

What are the five examples of proof that Aquinas gives to prove the existence of God?

1. The first is motion. That things that have been moved had to be moved by something. Also that things that are in potential existence and in actual existence were  right there by some force. 

2. The second is one even can cause a chain of events that could go on indefinitely.

3. The third thing is if all things were possible, then nothing would exist in the world and if nothing existed, then nothing would be able to start.  All things are not by accident and have a purpose.

4. The fourth thing is that something's has to create all of the goodness and perfection on the world and everything that exists on the planet.

5. The fifth thing is that there is a certain order that things happen in our lives and an order to what we see.

Post - Classical Africa Map

Mongol Trial

The rest of the week I have been getting my facts in order and answers in order with Maya, one of our lawyers.