1 / 17

New World Beginnings

New World Beginnings. Chapter 1. First Americans. Pangaea The first discoverers of Asians who wandered over here by way of an exposed land bridge from Russia to Alaska during the Ice Age.

cheung
Télécharger la présentation

New World Beginnings

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. New World Beginnings Chapter 1

  2. First Americans • Pangaea • The first discoverers of Asians who wandered over here by way of an exposed land bridge from Russia to Alaska during the Ice Age. • Great pre-European Indian cultures included the Pueblos, the Iroquois, the Mound Builders, the Mayans, the Incas, the Aztec, and the Sioux, among others

  3. Early European Exploration • In 1000 AD, Vikings discovered Newfoundland • After Marco Polo came back with stories of China and its riches, Europeans began to explore. • Set up settlements in Africa, near the coast, where they used African slaves to work on plantations. • In 1498, Vasco da Gama reached India, opening a sea route to the Far East.

  4. Earlier Explorations • Islam & the Spice Trade  Malacca • A New Player  Europe • Nicolo, Maffeo, & Marco Polo, 1271 • Expansion becomes a state enterprise  monarchs had the authority & the resources. • Better seaworthy ships. • Chinese Admiral Zheng He & the Ming “Treasure Fleet”

  5. The Caravel and Other navigational Advances Astrolabe Caravel Mariner’s Compass Better Maps

  6. Motives for European Exploration Crusades  by-pass intermediaries to get to Asia. Renaissance  curiosity about other lands and peoples. Reformation  refugees & missionaries. Monarchs seeking new sources of revenue. Technological advances. Fame and fortune.

  7. Exploring the Americas • Complications and dangers of this eastern sea route influenced Christopher Columbus to sail west. • The Portuguese were first to settle in America, but the Spanish later became the dominant nation in the Americas. • Spanish Conquistadores swept through Latin and South America, destroying the Aztecs and the Incas. • Magellan’s crew sailed around the world in 1519, becoming the first voyage to do so

  8. Why would the 'Columbian Exchange' be considered the tsunami of unintentional "bio-terrorism"??

  9. The “Columbian Exchange”

  10. Early European Explorers • Marco Polo • BartholomeuDías • Vasco da Gama • Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile • Christopher Columbus • Vasco NuñezBalboa • Ferdinand Magellan Marco Polo Ferdinand Magellan

  11. Early European Explorers, con’t • Ponce de León • Francisco Coronado • Hernando de Soto • Hernán Cortés • Giovanni Caboto • Giovanni da Verranzo • Robert de La Salle Ponce de Leon John Cabot

More Related