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Unit 1: Exploration Chapters 1-2, Dual/AP/Honors Chapter 1, CP

Unit 1: Exploration Chapters 1-2, Dual/AP/Honors Chapter 1, CP. Discovering the New World (867-1607 AD). Who discovered the New World first?. Theories Native Americans Vikings Chinese Irish missionaries Afro-Phoenicians. How did the first people come to the New World?.

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Unit 1: Exploration Chapters 1-2, Dual/AP/Honors Chapter 1, CP

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  1. Unit 1: ExplorationChapters 1-2, Dual/AP/HonorsChapter 1, CP Discovering the New World (867-1607 AD)

  2. Who discovered the New World first? • Theories • Native Americans • Vikings • Chinese • Irish missionaries • Afro-Phoenicians

  3. How did the first people come to the New World? • Siberian-Alaskan land bridge during the Ice Age • 40,000 years ago • Hunters, gatherers • Followed woolly mammoth herds

  4. Ancient Cultures of the Americas • Agricultural Revolution • 5,000-10,000 years ago • Started in Mexico • Corn, beans, peppers, pumpkins • Ancient Civilizations in Central America • Mayans • Aztecs • Incas

  5. Native American Cultures

  6. Native American Cultures • Hunter-gatherers • Farmers • Fishing • Organized governments and religions Anasazi (Cliff Dwellers) Plains Indians

  7. First Europeans Arrive(according to most textbooks) • Vikings (Norsemen, Danes) • Scandinavia--Sweden, Norway, Finland • Heathens, dangerous • Raids/pillaging • Colonization • Iceland (867 AD) • Greenland (982 AD) • Vinland (1000 AD) • Newfoundland • Why do they get credit? • Ship building • White

  8. Eric the Red Greenland Vikings: Fact vs. Fiction Horned helmets Savages Pillagers Unclean

  9. Why didn’t word of discovery of this new continent spread? • Vikings did not get along with other Europeans. • Land bridge disappeared and Native Americans stopped coming.

  10. Background for European Exploration • What Europe was like: • Feudal system (peasants) • Roman Catholic Church • Changes that brought about exploration: • Crusades—holy wars in Middle East--military • Increased trade with Orient--economic • Protestant Reformation--religious • Improvements in ship technology—rudder, map making, compass, ship construction--scientific • Rise of powerful nation-states who wanted empires --political

  11. Other Europeans Find the New World • Why did they explore? • Find an all-water route to Asia for spices • To find gold and other precious minerals. • Expand their knowledge of the world. • To have an empire. • To expand Christianity. • To find animal furs. Overland Trade Routes

  12. Which countries sent explorers? • Spain—Columbus (1492—Bahamas), conquistadors • Italy • Portugal • France • England Major World Powers (1500)

  13. Voyages of Exploration

  14. Results of Exploration • Rivalries developed between European nation • nationalism • imperialism • Mercantilism—countries wanted to expand to boost their nation’s economies (Triangular Trade) • Cultural diffusion • End to many Indian cultures • Disease—90% • Murder

  15. Mercantilism • Belief that a nation’s wealth was measured by how much gold and silver it had. • Belief that the government should regulate trade (taxes, tariffs). • Belief that a mother country and her colonies work together to be self-sufficient (Triangular Trade)

  16. Triangular Trade

  17. Worlds Collide Activity • Your group will research one of the following topics: • Native Americans and Europeans • Africans and Europeans • Answer these questions about your topic: • What was the relationship between the groups? • What advantages and disadvantages did each group have? • Which group dominated and why? • What lasting effects did each group leave on America?

  18. European Colonization of the New World

  19. Cultural Diffusion • Meshing of cultures • Government • Religion • Language • Foods • Clothing • Music • Technology (gunpowder, compass) • Columbian Exchange • Old & New World • Globalization Columbus landing in New World

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