and Inca societies. They lacked the technologies that Europe had such as metal tools‚ machines and gun powder. Societies north of Mexico were illiterate. They became a central justification for European conquest. Ohio River valley Indians called mound builders had traded across half the continent. 2. One of the most striking features of Indian societies at the time of the encounter with Europeans was their diversity. Support this statement with several examples. Society was very diverse. Each group
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Chapter 4 Big Picture Questions 1. What common features can you identify in the empires described in this chapter? • All empires controlled large areas and populations. • All empires were brought together by conquest and funded in part by extracting wealth from conquered peoples. • All empires stimulated the exchange of ideas‚ cultures‚ and values among the peoples they conquered. • All empires sought to foster an imperial identity that transcended more local identities and loyalties. • All
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Over time perfected techniques of farming‚ hunting and fishing‚ political power‚ religious belief‚ trade and communication Mound builders of the Mississippi River Valley Poverty point 3‚500 years ago Native Americans constructed large semicircular mounds Mississippi river what is now Louisiana Commercial and governmental center Indians of the Ohio river “mound builders” >1000 years before Columbus sailed After their declined another community flourished City of Cahokia 10‚000 to 30
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Chapter1- When Old Worlds Collide: Contact‚ Conquest‚ Catastrophe I. Peoples in Motion A. The United States is a nation of immigrants B. Even Natives of the country are immigrants from different countries who roamed the land as a strange new world. C. From Beringia to the Americas 1. Beringia is a piece of land that was created because of the glaciers that captured all of the water causing a piece of land to form which was then called Beringia. 2. Berinigia had very tough
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living in a city and being a part of something larger than themselves. Europe‚ of course‚ had dozens of cities like London‚ Paris‚ Madrid‚ and Amsterdam. The Native Americans too had built bustling metropolises on the other side of the planet. The Mound Builders in the Mississippi River Valley
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Ancient Egypt was well known for the great buildings they have constructed throughout history. An abc-clio article‚ about how Ancient Egypt construction has advanced stated‚ "Before the pyramids‚ Egyptian pharaohs and high officials were buried in mound-shaped buildings called mastabas‚ and much later‚ more elaborate versions of these again came into fashion. The royal architects surely designed the large palaces where the pharaohs lived‚ and when there
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The Americas before the arrival of the Spanish and Christopher Columbus were extremely different. Prior to the arrival of Christopher Columbus and the Spanish crew‚ the Americas were beautiful and an amazing sight to be seen. The Americas had luscious forests‚ magnificent wildlife‚ and extremely astounding terrains that had almost never even been stepped on. The land was green and the amount of new animals were thriving. But as soon as the Spaniards stepped foot onto these beautiful continents‚ everything
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In the West Indies‚ there were several different types of tribes. And every tribe was different in their own way‚ each tribe had there one religion‚ beliefs‚ gods‚ language and way of living. A tribe such as the Maya Tribe was a really large group of Indians who lived around the regions of Central America to Mexico. The Mayans were known as a peaceful and well civilized group with a not so understandable alphabet but an amazing knowledge of science (astronomy) and mathematics. The Mayans were divided
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the afterlife‚ or the path towards enlightenment is extremely evident in the Mesopotamian‚ Egyptian‚ and Buddhist cultures. The structures that these people built‚ were not made just for a place to worship. They represented many things to their builders‚ but mostly they represented the way to “heaven.” To the people of ancient Mesopotamia‚ their temple was the home of their god. The temples were built on top of large “stepped” brick structures called ziggurats. On the outside‚ they might have
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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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