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Chapter 19 Voc.

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Chapter 19 Early Latin America I. Introduction A. Cortes conquers Aztecs 1. Amazed at beauty of Tenochtitlan - uncomparable B. Pattern of conquest, continuity and rebuilding 1. Spanish tried to utilized Native resources similarly a. Used materials from ruins to build own houses b. Used similar forced labor system c. Allowed to follow ancient customs C. Impact of invasions 1. Huge Spanish/Portuguese empires 2. Latin America pulled into new world economy 3. Hierarchy of world economic relationships ? Europe on top 4. New societies created ? some incorporated, some destroyed a. Distinct civilization combining Iberian Peninsula w/ Native 5. Created large landed estates 6. Europeans came to Americas for economic gain and social mobility

Chapter 1 Study Guide Questions

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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?

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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

American Pageant 13th edition Chapter 1 Notes

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Chapter 1: New World Beginnings (33,000 B.C. ? A.D. 1769) The Shaping of North America 225 million years ago ? supercontinent w/ all world?s dry land break away into continents & oceans earth?s crust shifts and folds, forms mountain ranges ex. Appalachians, Rockies, Sierra Nevada, Cascades, Cost Ranges 10 million years ago ? North America basic shape formed Canadian Shield Great Ice Age 2 million years ago 10,000 years ago ? glaciers retreat Canadian Shield is depressed, topsoil gone Great Lakes filled Peopling the Americas most come by land, some by boat 35,000 years ago ? Ice Age fuse oceans, lower sea level land bridge from Eurasia N. America in Bering Sea Asian hunters, nomads, cross to Americas sea level rise after Ice Age over isolate Americas

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Chapter 19 Early Latin America I. Introduction A. Cortes conquers Aztecs 1. Amazed at beauty of Tenochtitlan - uncomparable B. Pattern of conquest, continuity and rebuilding 1. Spanish tried to utilized Native resources similarly a. Used materials from ruins to build own houses b. Used similar forced labor system c. Allowed to follow ancient customs C. Impact of invasions 1. Huge Spanish/Portuguese empires 2. Latin America pulled into new world economy 3. Hierarchy of world economic relationships ? Europe on top 4. New societies created ? some incorporated, some destroyed a. Distinct civilization combining Iberian Peninsula w/ Native 5. Created large landed estates 6. Europeans came to Americas for economic gain and social mobility

America A Narrative History 8th Edition ( Chapter 1 Outline)

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Ryan Lynn 6/7/13 AP US History Chapter 1 Outline: The Collision of Cultures- Pre-Columbian Indian Civilizations Possible origins of American Indians The Siberians The Siberians crossed the Bering Strait on a land bridge to Alaska. Crossed 12,000 to 15,000 years. Nomadic Hunters who drifted in pursuit of vast herds of mammals, mammoths, musk, oxen, bison and woolly rhinoceroses. In the next 500 years the Siberians migrated outwards from the Arctic Circle to the tip of South America. Southwestern Europe Recent archaeological discoveries in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Chile reveal that prehistoric humans arrived by sea 18,000 to 40,000 years ago.

Spain's Empire and European and European Absolutism

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Spain's Empire and European and European Absolutism ? ? A Powerful Spanish Empire After Charles accepted Peace of Augsburg unwillingly, he divided his empire and retired to a monastery. His son, Philip II inherited Spain, the Spanish Netherlands, and the America?s colonies. Philip II?s empire Philip was shy, serious, religious, hardworking, and trusted no one. King of Portugal (with Africa, India, and East Indies) died without any heir. Phillip inherited it because he?s his nephew. Big empire. Phillip gone rich. America mines got him 339,000 pounds of gold, 16,000 of silver bullion unload from Spanish galleons (got 1/4 to 1/5 of them). So, he raised an army of 50,000 people. Defender of Catholicism

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