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FIRST AMERICANS IN NORTH AMERICA

FIRST AMERICANS IN NORTH AMERICA. NORTHWEST. Northern California, Washington, Oregon Alaska Eskimo or I nuit Igloo Abundant food sources Thick forests Great culture Totem Poles. SOUTHWEST. Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Southern California Farmers irrigation systems Democratic

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FIRST AMERICANS IN NORTH AMERICA

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  1. FIRST AMERICANS IN NORTH AMERICA

  2. NORTHWEST • Northern California, Washington, Oregon • Alaska • Eskimo or Inuit • Igloo • Abundant food sources • Thick forests • Great culture • Totem Poles

  3. SOUTHWEST • Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Southern California • Farmers • irrigation systems • Democratic • Pueblos-cliff dwellings • Climate & Protection • Little culture-survival

  4. PLAINS • Montana, Wyoming, Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas • Centered around buffalo • Different languages-sign language • Hunters • Nomads

  5. EASTERN WOODLAND • Ohio, New York, Indiana • Farmers and hunters • Villages-”wigwam” • Matriarchal • One tribe-Iroquois • Most feared in East • Political Alliance-League of the Iroquois

  6. SOUTHEAST • Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, • Burial Mounds • Pyramids • Central America relationship

  7. EXPLORATION

  8. WHY EXPLORE? • 1. Gold-untapped resource for precious metals and gems • 2. New Raw Materials-spices, furs, plants • 3. Power/fame-land gave countries/rulers power, while explorers achieve fame • Religion-Christianize, freedom to worship

  9. Changes that led countries to explore • 1. Political-Rise of strong kings, Nationalism • 2. Economic-Industrial Revolution, land becomes valuable, rise of merchant class • 3. Religious-Reformation, Church of England • 4. Science-navigation schools, new equipment, new beliefs

  10. DISCOVERY OF NEW WORLD • Vikings-1000 AD, Leif Ericson, Vinland (Newfoundland, Canada)-not interested in settlement • Christopher Columbus-1492, for Spain, credited for discovering the Americas, believed it was East Indies • Amerigo Vespucci-namesake, declared it a new land-not East Indies

  11. “COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE” • The change in each society due to the discovery of the new world • Plants/food from America to Europe • Plants/food/animals from Europe to America • Diseases • Mixing of Races

  12. SPANISH EXPLORATION & SETTLEMENT

  13. EXPLORERS • 1513-Juan Ponce de Leon • 1519-Hernando Cortes • 1532-Francisco Pizzaro • 1541-Francisco Coronado • 1541-Hernando de Soto • 1565-First permanent settlement in North America

  14. SPAIN • Reasons for exploration? • Became the dominant exploring power in the world • Mistake?

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