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CONTACT AND COLONISATION

CONTACT AND COLONISATION. Anderson et al. (2005) Retroactive 1 2 nd Ed. pp. 250-1. What is contact? Contact refers to the meeting of two or more cultures . What is Colonisation? Colonisation is when an area of land is taken control of and settled by people from another land.

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CONTACT AND COLONISATION

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  1. CONTACT AND COLONISATION Anderson et al. (2005) Retroactive 1 2nd Ed. pp. 250-1

  2. What is contact? Contact refers to the meeting of two or more cultures

  3. What is Colonisation? Colonisation is when an area of land is taken control of and settled by people from another land. • Biggest modern colonisers • Portuguese • Spanish • French • British

  4. They believed the world was much smaller than it is and they did not know about Australia or the Americas. The European cartographers of the 16th and 17th century depict a gigantic terrestrial mass in the southern hemisphere, the terra incognita or terra australis. Abraham Ortelius’ map (1527-1598), around 1570.

  5. Overtime Europeans began to explore the world in search of new colonies Portuguese Spanish English French

  6. Why did the Europeans explore? • Trade (e.g. Spices and silk from India and China) • Religion • Culture • Map making techniques improved • Ships were improved, making sea travel safer and easier

  7. What was the impact? Europeans settled in new lands and established colonies, owned and governed by Europeans. They considered themselves superior to the indigenous populations, and often took control by force.

  8. Europeans took unclaimed land and settled in these new areas

  9. Europeans farmed and built on the land. Bringing foreign crops and animals.

  10. Europeans tried to civilise the indigenous people. Particularly through new laws and culture.

  11. Disease was spread among the native people

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