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PowerPoint for Nov 9th. The Spanish are coming the Spanish are coming! Cortez and The Route he took. The entire world will change forever after the Spanish find the Americas. “New World” Old World
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The Spanish are coming the Spanish are coming! Cortez and The Route he took.
The entire world will change forever after the Spanish find the Americas. “New World” Old World The Americas Europe, Asia and Africa
They call Mexico “New Spain”. The Spanish will conquer the Philippines about the same time they conquer the Aztecs.
Resources that were transported across the Atlantic Ocean after the Americas were “found”. Columbian Exchange Chicken Pox influenza (flu) measles Tea scarlet fever Rice smallpox wheat cats Chickens Cows goats horses Rabbits Pigs Sheep Pigeons Old World chocolate Corn Potatoes Turkey Tomatoes Chili pepper Peanuts Vanilla Squash GOLD Pumpkin SILVER Sweet Potato Syphilis Tobacco rubber New World
Estimated decline of the Native Population of Mexico due to disease: 24 Million 20 Million 16 Million 12 Million 8 Million 4 Million 1 Million 1500 1540 1580 1620
Maya Incas Aztecs <------------------------------------------------- 1000 I 600 I 200 0 200 I 600 I 1000 I 1200 I 1600 I 2000 BCE CE<<