KEY Ch 2.11: The Growth of Amsterdam

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Digging Deeper 2

CH 2.11: The Growth of Amsterdam

Read the first paragraph of ch 2.11. You notice three bullet points in the text.

Which question do these bullet points answer? 

Choose the answer in the next slide

Which question do these bullet points answer?

1. When was Amsterdam founded?
2. Why was Amsterdam successful?
3. What were Amsterdam's main functions?
4. Why did Amsterdam grow rapidly?

Which of the following is NOT a reason for the rapid growth of Amsterdam?

1. Amsterdam was a healthy place because of services provided by the city
2. Guilds were not very powerful, so merchants could trade more freely
3. The Town Council set up the Banco Florine , which all Dutch merchants used.
4. The Exchange Bank made it easier for foreign merchants to trade in Amsterdam

read the next paragraph, then answer some questions.

Write down two reasons why immigrants came to Amsterdam.
Of both reasons include a region they came from.

Write down two reasons why immigrants came to Amsterdam. 

Of both reasons include a region they came from.

Most came for a better standard of living: Germany

Many came for religious reasons: Spanish Netherlands

Does this picture (slide 8) from the Dam Square in Amsterdam in 1652 confirm what you have read or not?
Explain your answer

Does this picture (slide 8) from the Dam Square in Amsterdam in 1652 confirm what you have read or not?  Explain your answer

Yes, the picture clearly shows you people dressed in foreign clothes. 

This indicates the presence of foreign merchants

read the text "Dam Square"

Dam Square, painted by Johannes Lingenbach in 1652. A new town hall is being built on the left.

Look at the 2 paintings and the map

then watch the animation.

Explain how the animator must use different sources to make a correct animation of dam Square in 1652

Take a good look at slides 13, 14 and 15.
Then watch the animation in slide 17.
Explain how the animator must use different sources to make a correct animation of dam Square in 1652

Explain how the animator must use different sources to make a correct animation of dam Square in 1652

The map gives the animator good reference material for creating his own animated map of Amsterdam at a certain moment in time.

The two paintings show the Dam Square, but from a different point of view. The animator can use this to create a 3D image of the buildings.

Only by combining the information from different sources will the animator be able to create a realistic reconstruction of Amsterdam

Watch the next clip from School TV

Then answer the questions of slide 19, 20, 21.

Which is NOT one of the three main canals in Amsterdam?

1. keizersgracht
2. koningsgracht
3. prinsengracht
4. herengracht

What were the two main functions of houses around the canals?

What were the two main functions of houses around the canals?

• Houses for wealthy merchants
  
• Warehouses 
  

What was the function of the warehouses?

What was the function of the warehouses?

Raw materials from the colonies and other countries were stored here, waiting to be manufactured into products that could be sold.

CAUSATION

The next questions ask you to put the different causes of the growth of Amsterdam in 4 different categories.

With each cause you must choose the correct category.

Political

to do with the way countries are governed (making rules and laws)

Social

to do with how the government takes care of its people

Religious

to do with  God and faith

Economic

to do with trade and making money

weaker guilds

1. Political
2. Social
3. Religious
4. Economic

immigration for more tolerance

1. Political
2. Social
3. Religious
4. Economic

Exchange Bank

1. Political
2. Social
3. Religious
4. Economic

good welfare support

1. Political
2. Social
3. Religious
4. Economic

new protestant churches

1. Political
2. Social
3. Religious
4. Economic

Immigration for better jobs and wages

1. Political
2. Social
3. Religious
4. Economic

Finally.
Write down three things that you have learned from this lesson.