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New World Beginnings. Larry Goeas Aga Gagarin. New World Beginnings. The Shaping of North America. Peopling the Americas. Appalachians probably first to form Glaciers in Canada flowing to Ohio. Bering Strait crossing from Asia. The Earliest Americans.
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New World Beginnings Larry Goeas Aga Gagarin
New World Beginnings The Shaping of North America Peopling the Americas • Appalachians probably first to form • Glaciers in Canada flowing to Ohio • Bering Strait crossing from Asia
The Earliest Americans • Change from hunter gatherers to agricultural base changes society • Dense concentration of population of Aztecs incomparable • Maize, Beans, Squash • Matrilineal Cultures
Indirect Discoveries of the New World • Crusaders and Asian goods • Norse people fight Europeans
Europeans Enter Africa • Caravel made sailing around Africa easier • Portuguese slave trade for sugar islands of Madeira and Canaries • Spain: Ferdinand and Isabella kick the Moors out • African trade of slaves
Columbus comes upon a New World • Printing Press • Mariner’s Compass • African trade of slaves
When Worlds Collide • Isolation led to phenomenon of not being able to fight disease • Columbian Exchange
The Spanish Conquistadores • Conquistadores • Treaty of Todesillas (Papal line of Demarcation) • Encomienda
New World Beginnings The Conquest of Mexico The spread of Spanish America • Mestizos • St. Augustine in Florida • Northwest Passage