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Chapter 16 Voc.

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Chapter 16 The World Economy I. Introduction A. What are consequences of? 1. Voyages of Columbus 2. Exploration of Europeans 3. Empires built by European conquerors/missionaries B. Consequences 1. Power shift 2. Redefinition of interchange D. Patterns of diffusion 1. Classical ? developing regional economies/cultures ? Medit./China a. External conflicts existed, but not that important 2. Postclassical Era ? contacts increase a. Missionary religions spread b. Interregional trade key component of economies ? bet. continents c. Some regions dominated trade ? Muslims then Mongols 3. 1450-1750 ? Eve of the Early Modern Period a. New areas of world brought into global community ? Americas b. Rate of global trade increased ? Southeast Asia

Chapter 11 Voc.

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Quetzalcoatl
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Chapter 11 The Americas on the Eve of Invasion I. Introduction A. By 1500, Americas densely populated by Indians ? misnomer ? Columbus/Indies 1. Term has meaning only when used to apply to non-Indians B. Mesoamerica and Andean heartland 1. Imperial states in place when Europe arrives 2. Few areas influenced by two main centers 3. Areas that developed independently II. Postclassic Mesoamerica A. Introduction 1. Toltecs/Aztecs replace Mayas of 8th century CE a. By 15th century Aztecs created extensive empire ? war, religion, agrarian 2. Downfall of Mayans ? Teotihuacan a. Nomads from North come down b. Toltec Culture ? 968 established capital Tula 1. Sedentary/agrarian peoples with militaristic ethic 2. Cult of sacrifice/war

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Native Americans in the United States
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Environment

CULTURAL CONFLICTS BETWEEN WHITE EUROPEANS AND NATIVE AMERICANS White Europeans: used the land for economic needs clearing the land, destroying hunting areas and fencing it off into private property dividing the land and selling it for monetary value. Vs. NATIVE AMERICANS: Relationship with environment as part of their religion Need to hunt for survival Ownership meant access to the things the land produced, not ownership of the land itself.
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History study guide

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Chapter 1 II. Peopling the Americas The Land Bridge theory. As the Great Ice Age diminished, so did the glaciers over North America. The theory holds that a?Land Bridge?emerged linking Asia & North America across what is now known as the Bering Sea. People were said to have walked across the ?bridge? before the sea level rose and sealed it off; thus populating the Americas. The Land Bridge is said to have occurred an estimated 35,000 years ago. Many peoples Those groups that traversed the bridge spread across North, Central, and South America. Countless tribes emerged with an estimated 2,000 languages. Notably: Incas: Peru, with elaborate network of roads and bridges linking their empire. Mayas: Yucatan Peninsula, with their step pyramids.

The American Pageant Ch. 2 Notes

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John Rolfe
Jamestown, Virginia

Ch. 2: The Planting of English America? - ? - First European powers to New World:? - Spanish at Santa F? 1610? - French at Qu?bec 1608? - English in Jamestown, VA 1607? - 1530?s: King Henry VIII broke w Roman Catholic Church? English Protestant Reformation? - Catholics vs. Protestants? - 1558: Protestant Elizabeth I takes throne? - Protestantism becomes dominant in England, more rivalry w Spain (Catholic)? - She was ambitious, inspired Englishmen to ?promote Protestantism and plunder Spanish settlements?? - 1585: Sir Walter Raleigh attempts to start a colony on Roanoke Island, but the settlers disappear? - England is failing at colonization, Spain is doing great? - Philip II of Spain tries to invade England (1588) but they fight back and bring down the

AP World History Chapter 17

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Chapter 17 Outline CHAPTER OUTLINE I. The Columbian Exchange A. Demographic Changes 1. The peoples of the New World lacked immunity to diseases from the Old World. Smallpox, measles, diphtheria, typhus, influenza, malaria, yellow fever, and maybe pulmonary plague caused severe declines in the population of native peoples in the Spanish and Portuguese colonies. 2. Similar patterns of contagion and mortality may be observed in the English and French colonies in North America. Europeans did not use disease as a tool of empire, but the spread of Old World diseases clearly undermined the ability of native peoples to resist settlement and accelerated cultural change. B. Transfer of Plants and Animals

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