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CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 1 . Bering Strait Theory (pg. 1). Paleolithic Ice Age (ice/land bridge) (Siberia – Alaska) Paleo-Indians Gatherers Hunters Characteristics Nomadic Small groups Survival Ice Age ends (marooned) South (Mesoamerica) (more advanced).

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CHAPTER 1

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  1. CHAPTER 1

  2. Bering Strait Theory (pg. 1) • Paleolithic Ice Age (ice/land bridge) (Siberia – Alaska) • Paleo-Indians • Gatherers • Hunters • Characteristics • Nomadic • Small groups • Survival • Ice Age ends (marooned) • South (Mesoamerica) (more advanced)

  3. Time To Think (pg. 2) • Agriculture Revolution (dependable food source) • Able to support large groups (classes) (inventions) (religion) (armies) (trade) (domination)

  4. Clash of Cultures (pg. 3) • Land Ownership (Mother Earth vs. Farmland) • Job Description (hunting/fishing vs. farming) • Tolerance of Indians (the necessity of trade, prejudices) Scandinavians in America • Norway (Vikings) • Eric the Red & Leif Erickson • No written records (songs & stories) (not worth staying?)

  5. Spices, Silks, & Medicine (pg. 4) • Crusades (India, Asia, Africa) (desire for goods) • Ottoman Empire (blockade) (need water route) (limited) • Merchant Class (king) Improvements in Technology • Cross the ocean? (maps) (limited knowledge) (geography) • Caravel (lateen sail) (compass) (printing press)

  6. Cristobal Colon (pg. 4) • Myth (flat earth) (didn’t know what’s there) • Spain (nation-state) • Miscalculation (Indies vs. Bahamas) (Hispanola) • Taino Tribe (Indians?)

  7. Columbian Exchange (pg. 5) • “Old World” vs. “New World” • Affected each other (positive) (negative) • Changed “Old World” (inflation) (changed diet) • Changed “New World” (horses) (metals) (Mestizos)

  8. The Conquistadores (pg. 6) • God (heathens) (spread Christianity) • Gold (gain wealth) (primogeniture) • Glory (prove themselves) (nationalism) • Hernan Cortez (defeated, Aztecs) • Encomienda System (responsibility) (serfs?) (control, stop brutality) • Black Legend (atrocities) (propaganda?)

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