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Americas

Exploration

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Exploration I. Prehistory A. Bering Land Bridge B. Hundreds of independent tribes C. Civilizations ? Mayans ? Central, Incas ? South, Aztecs ? Mexico D. Mount Builders ? Ohio II. Early Discoverers Vikings ? Leif Ericsson ? Greenland ? Northern Canada ? 1000 AD Italian Christopher Columbus ? for Spain ? 1492 - Guanahani III. Spanish/Portugese Exploration Reasons for exploring Wealthy nations ? gold based Renaissance ? optimism/humanism ? we can do anything Trade routes Printing press ? ideas spread Mariner?s compass ? exploration possible Spain ? peace w/ Isabella and Ferdinand uniting plus no Moors/Muslims Conquistadores ? Spanish ? gold/glory ? fighting tradition Portugal Looking water route to Asia ? brought slavery from Africa

Chapter 1 Study Guide Questions

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Exploration of North America
Predestination

AMERICA BEFORE COLUMBUS (3-11) 1. Identify and describe the elaborate native civilizations that developed in South and Central America and in Mexico. 2. Why did Europeans consider the Indians they met to be "savages," regardless of their cultural achievements? 3. Describe the way of life of the North American Indians-where they lived and how they supported themselves. 4. What were the three largest language groups, and where did their speakers live? 5. Describe the changes taking place among North American Indians during the century before Europeans arrived. EUROPE LOOKS WESTWARD (12-25) 6. Why was there little incentive for other Europeans to follow after the initial voyage to America by Norse sailors? 7. What changes stimulated the Europeans to look toward new lands?

Chapter 4 apush

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African slave trade
Slave Trade
Slavery in the United States
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slave codes
Slave rebellion
Atlantic slave trade
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American Pageant 13th edition

Chapter 04 - American Life in the Seventeenth Century I. The Unhealthy Chesapeake 1. Life in the American wilderness was harsh. 2. Diseases like malaria, dysentery, and typhoid killed many. 3. Few people lived to 40 or 50 years. 4. In the early days of colonies, women were so scarce that men fought over all of them. The Chesapeake region had fewer women and a 6:1 male to female ratio is a good guide. 5. Few people knew any grandparents. 6. A third of all brides in one Maryland county were already pregnant before the wedding (scandalous). 7. Virginia, with 59,000 people, became the most populous colony. II. The Tobacco Economy 1. The Chesapeake was very good for tobacco cultivation. 2. Chesapeake Bay exported 1.5 million pounds of tobacco yearly in the

Planting english america

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Jamestown, Virginia
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Anglo-Powhatan Wars
American Pageant 13th edition

Chapter 02 - The Planting of English America I. England?s Imperial Stirrings 1. North America in 1600 was largely unclaimed, though the Spanish had much control in Central and South America. 2. Spain had only set up Santa Fe, while France had founded Quebec and Britain had founded Jamestown. 3. In the 1500s, Britain failed to effectively colonize due to internal conflicts. o King Henry VIII broke with the Roman Catholic Church in the 1530s and launched the English Protestant Reformation. o After Elizabeth I became queen, Britain became basically Protestant, and a rivalry with Catholic Spain intensified. o In Ireland, the Catholics sought Spain?s help in revolting against England, but the English crushed the uprising with brutal atrocity, and

New world beginnings

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Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
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Pueblo Revolt
La Noche Triste
Conquistador
Hernán Cortés
Puebloan peoples
Native Americans in the United States
american pageant

Chapter 01 - New World Beginnings I. The Shaping of North America 1. Recorded history began 6,000 years ago. It was 500 years ago that Europeans set foot on the Americas to begin colonization 2. The theory of Pangaea exists suggesting that the continents were once nestled together into one mega-continent. They then spread out as drifting islands. 3. Geologic forces of continental plates created the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains. 4. The Great Ice Age thrust down over North America & scoured the present day American Midwest. II. Peopling the Americas 1. The Land Bridge theory. o As the Great Ice Age diminished, so did the glaciers over North America. o The theory holds that a Land Bridge emerged linking Asia & North America across what is now known as the Bering

American Republic Notes

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Hohokam
Cahokia
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
Environment

1/14/13 11:19 PM It is unclear exactly how the west was settled Most likely humans came from northeast Asia during last ice age Most archeologists believe humans inhabited Americas by 13000 BCE Natives traveled through Rocky Mountains across the US Paleo-Indians: earliest Americans, established Native American life first. Traveled in bands through specific hunting areas Men hunted, women cooked and raised children Encountered other bands and exchanged goods, services, traditions, religion, etc. Reciprocity: the exchange of gifts and favors instead of one side expecting a profit and the other an expense These factors enabled a more general culture that was passed on to new bands. May have killed off many large animals due to hunting practices Archaic Societies:

Unit 3

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Early Modern period
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1450-1750 Early Modern Period Major Developments I. Questions of Periodization A. Major points 1. Shift in power to the West a. Rise of the West with fall of China and India creates imbalance in power that favors Europeans for next 200 years 2. World becomes smaller ? almost all civilizations touched by trade 3. New Empires ? Spain, Portugal, England, France, Netherlands, Ottoman, Russian, Mughal, Ming 4. Age of Gunpowder B. Changes at end of Postclassical Era 1. Independent societies (Aztecs, Incas) falling apart 2. Arab power declining 3. New invasions ? Mongols 4. Ottoman Empire gains power a. Europeans threatened by new force to East 5. Chinese flirt with trade, but Ming bureaucrats pull back 6. Europe enters age of exploration

Ap Wh Ch 19-21

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Aztec gods
Aztec society
Inca mythology
Pre-Columbian era
aztec
Toltec
Quetzalcoatl
Emperor
Cusco
Human sacrifice in Aztec culture
Mexica

APWH Ch. 20-22 Test Review Ch. 20 In the late 1200s, Marco Polo visited the court of Khubilai Khan Chaghatai Khan Chinggis Khan Hung Wu In 962 C.E., Pope John XII presented the imperial crown to Charlemagne Hugh Capet Otto of Saxony William of Normandy In the High Middle Ages, the state that seemed to have the most potential to re-create centralized, imperial rule was France Spain The Holy Roman Empire England The single biggest obstacle to the rise of a powerful Holy Roman Empire was Continual invasions by the French The reoccurring appearance of epidemic diseases Occasional invasions from the Huns An ongoing conflict with the papacy The quip that the Holy Roman Empire was, "neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire," is attributed to Voltaire Pope Gregory VII

American Pageant 14ed Chapter 2 Power point

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Powhatan Confederacy
James River
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Jamestown, Virginia
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John Smith
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Pocahontas

England?s Imperial Stirrings North America North America in 1600 was largely unclaimed, though the Spanish had much control in Central and South America. Spain had only set up Santa Fe, while France had founded Quebec and Britain had founded Jamestown. In the 1500s, Britain didn?t really colonize because of internal conflicts. King Henry VIII broke with the Roman Catholic Church in the 1530s and launched the English Protestant Reformation. After Elizabeth I became queen, Britain became basically Protestant, and a rivalry with Catholic Spain intensified. In Ireland, the Catholics sought Spain?s help in revolting against England, but the English crushed the uprising with brutal atrocity, and developed an attitude of sneering contempt for natives. Elizabeth Energizes England

broken spears

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Indigenous peoples in Mexico
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Huitzilopochtli
Tlaxcala
Nahuatl

Aztec Account: Broken Spears Discussion Questions: 1. What occurred at the cities of Cholula and Tlaxcala as the Spaniards began their marchinland? What was different about events that took place at Cholula vs. Tlaxcala? 2. What was the Aztecs reaction to the Spaniards quest for gold? Why did Tzihuacpopocatzin pretend to be Motecuhzoma? What was the significance of the appearance of Tezcatlipoca? What did he say? 3. What occurred as the Spaniards continued their march toward Texcoco? How were they greated by the people of Texcoco? Who is Ixtlilxochitl? What was his reaction to the Spanish, his mothers reaction? What did Motecuhzoma do on hearing about what occurred at Texcoco?

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