new world. shaping of north america ◦ supercontinent ◦ contained all dry land ◦ began to drift...
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Shaping of North America
◦ Supercontinent◦ Contained all dry land◦ Began to drift away
◦ Rocky Mtn. = “Roof of the America”
◦ Lake Bonneville ◦ Utah, Nevada, and Idaho◦ Drained to the Pacific Ocean through Snake and Columbia Rivers◦ Great Lake Remained
Peopling the Americas
◦ 35,000 yrs ago
◦ Bering Strait◦ Eurasia = North America◦ Migratory herds◦ Nomadic Asian hunters
Cont.
◦ 54 million people inhabited America’s◦ Split into tribes◦ 2,000 languages = diverse
◦ Incas = Peru
◦ Aztecs = Mexico◦ 20 million
◦ Elaborate cities
◦ Commerce
Earliest Americans◦ Agriculture
◦ Size◦ Sophistication of culture
◦ Corn = Staff of Life
◦ Spread across America◦ Transformation
◦ Pueblo◦ Rio Grande = Irrigation◦ Adobe
◦ Terraced buildings
Europeans
◦ Caravel = ship◦ Sail more closely into the wind
◦ Portuguese◦ Trading posts along African shoreline◦ Slaves / Gold◦ Slave Brokers
◦ Sugar plantations◦ Shape the New World
Cont.
◦ Spain takes over◦ Ferdinand / Isabella◦ Race for wealth
◦ Portugal dominated Africa
◦ Spain looked westward
Columbus◦ Renaissance = 14th century
◦ Compass
◦ Columbus = sailed for Spain◦ 3 ships◦ 6 weeks◦ Oct. 12, 1492
◦ Bahamas
◦Global economic system emerged◦ Europe, Africa, and New World
Worlds collide
◦ Columbian exchange◦ New World
◦ Exotic animals
◦ Rattle snakes, iguanas
◦ Plants
◦ Corn, tomato, potato, tobacco
◦ Most important gift
◦ Changed economy
◦ Old World◦ crops / animals / disease
◦ Seedlings of sugar cane, dandelions, daisies
◦ Horse
Conquistadores
◦ 1500’s
◦ Spanish Explorers◦ dominant power◦ Fanned out across Americas
◦ Treaty of Tordesillas◦ Dividing Portugal and Spain
Explorers
◦ Vasco Nunez Balboa◦ 1513◦ Panama◦ Pacific Ocean
◦ Ferdinand Magellan◦ 1519◦ Tip of South America to Philippines◦ 1st to sail around the world
Explorers
◦ Juan Ponce de Leon◦ 1513 and 1521◦ Florida
◦ Francisco Coronado◦ 1540 – 1542◦ Arizona / New Mexico / Kansas◦ Grand Canyon / Rio Grande / Colorado River◦ Buffalo
◦ Hernando de Soto◦ Gold seeking / 600 men◦ Mississippi
Explorers
◦Hernan Cortes◦ 1519◦ Mexico◦ Interpreters - Malinche
◦ Aztecs◦ Noche triste – June 30, 1520
◦ Disease
◦ Temples destroyed