Reconquista – reconquest of Spain Aztec/Inca Empires – native people of central America Cahokia/Mound Builders – failed because of weather changes “Christian liberty” – Christian’s duty to have civil liberty Hernán Cortés / Montezuma – killed Aztecs (Montezuma) no gold‚ just corn Gutenberg’s press – first standardized printing press Bartolomé de Las Casas – priest who documented the destruction of indians New Laws of 1542/ repartimiento – Indians were legally free‚ but still required to work
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Gang violence is one of the main causes foe teenage deaths in society today. Gang violence can hurt everyone around the person who decides to join a gang as well as them. Gangs sometimes do not even know why they have animosity towards other gangs. Most kids these days’ join gangs just to fit in. Some of them do not take gang violence serious until someone dies or gets hurt. By then it’s too late‚ and they feel the need to retaliate. Gang violence is everywhere. It is in neighborhoods‚ cities‚
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Ch1 Review 1. The origins of the majority of human existence in North America began with migrations from Eurasia over the Bering Strait. 2. The first truly complex society in the Americas was that of the Olmec. 3. Cahokia was a large trading center located near what present-day city? St. Louis. 4. The agricultural practices of pre-Columbian tribes in the Northeast were characterized by a rapid exploitation of the land. 5. The preeminent European maritime power in the fifteenth century
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148-151 Santillanes‚ Gary. “Releasing the Spirit: A Lesson in Native American Funeral Rituals.” October‚ 1997. The University of Minnesota. December 14‚ 1998. http://www.umn.edu U.S. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Land Management. Who Were the Anasazi?. August 18‚ 2008. http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/fo/ahc
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Another mound culture‚ the Eastern Woodlands owed much of their prominence to farming. These people emerged as premier city builders and their towns spread out for hundreds of miles in every direction from their hub near modern day St Louis. At Cahokia more than 100 flat topped mounds were covered with religious temples and elite dwellings. By the middle of the 13th century‚ the Aztecs moved south from Mesoamerica’s northern frontiers and settled into Central Mexico. These people built large temples
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Chapter 1: The New Global World Intro Before the French Natchez people complained that French treated them like slaves Before 1490s Natchez only knew their people 1502: Nicolas de Ovando replaced Columbus as governor of Hispanola His fleet of ships carried Span adventurers/African slaves which created triracial societies 1949--> Columbus unleashed 200 troops w/ 20 on horseback to terrorize the natives b/c he was upset he couldn’t govern Also released greyhounds to rip indians to pieces
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drastically changed by European’s but what was life like before? In this presentation I’ll be touching base on what life was like for six major groups of Native American’s. American Indians built a city along the Mississippi River known as the City of Cahokia. It covered more than five square miles and was made of 120 earth mounds‚ or pyramids. It was a commercial and government center whose residents established trade routes through the Mississippi and Ohio River Valley. Other tribes such as the Hopi
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tools and materials across a wide region of hundreds of kilometers. By around 500 A.D.‚ the Hopewellians‚ too‚ disappeared‚ gradually giving way to a broad group of tribes generally known as the Mississippians or Temple Mound culture. One city‚ Cahokia‚ just east of St. Louis‚ Missouri‚ is thought to have had a population of about 20‚000 at its peak in the early 12th century. At the center of the city stood a huge earthen mound‚ flatted at the top‚ which was 30 meters high and 37 hectares at the
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forced the Indians to adapt to settling into villages. They built homes and grew simple crops such as corn and beans. They also created pottery to store their abundance of crops. The largest civilizations in North America were the Pueblo- Hohokam -Anasazi Indians of the southwest‚ the Aden-Hopewell Indians of the Ohio River Valley‚ and the Mississippians of the Mississippi River. In South America the Mayas‚ Aztecs and Incas developed more advanced civilizations. The Aztecs became wealthy due to vast
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I find it interesting that we were raised up to think that Columbus was this great man who found America in 1492. After reading this first chapter we learn that he was a greedy cold blooded lying killer‚ he killed thousands of people and lied about what he was doing. He used the innocents of the Arawaks and basically wrote their death certificates. By tricking them into showing their gold and then taking all their people back to Spain was cattle. If it wasn’t the Columbus’s men killing and enslaving
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