nevertheless‚ their shaky hold on these areas resulted from the brutal treatment of Indigenous populations and the lack of economic potential.Having first concentrated on Africa and Asia‚ Portugal switched its attention to Brazil with the Treaty of Tordesillas. A unique fusion of African‚ Native American‚ and Catholic religious customs resulted from Brazil’s high rate of African enslavement and the slave trade‚ which powered the country’s
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Tenochtitlan‚ reigning from 1502 to 1520. The first contact between indigenous civilizations of Mesoamerica and Europeans took place during his reign‚ and he was killed during the initial stages of the Spanish conquest of Mexico Treaty of Tordesilas- signed at Tordesillas (now in Valladolid province‚ Spain)‚ 7 June 1494‚ divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Crown of Portugal and Crown of Castile(Spain) Iroquois Confederacy- A Native American confederacy inhabiting New York
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the huge “Social Experiment?” Early Exploration of the Americas ➢ The Native Americans – 40‚000 BC ➢ Influence of some early explorers: Leif Erickson (1000)‚ Marco Polo (1295)‚ Columbus (1492)‚ Amerigo Vespucci (1507) ➢ The Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) Factors for European Exploration ➢ Desire for East Asian products & a trade route (Northwest Passage) ➢ Religious Competition ➢ Improved Science & Technology ➢ The “Renaissance Spirit” What factors spurred British
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Ch. 19: Early Latin America Introduction -During the 15th+16th centuries‚ Spain and Portugal colonized the Americas • Colonies were dependent (unlike Russia’s expansion) -Created economic dependency on W w/ lasing effects • Colonies maintained special contact w/ W (like Russia) -But Russia could decide what to borrow; colonies had W forms imposed • Superior tech.‚ horses‚ and disease allowed conquerors to dominate natives • Social hierarchy changed by intermarriage of natives+Europeans and
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jellies’ were circulating since 1996‚ prompting one of the authors to investigate the occurrence of Mnemiopsis in the Krasnovodsk Bay. This author/scientist was Henri J. Dumont. His latest publication‚ along with Rey D. Papa‚ Huimling Li‚ Dino T. Tordesillas and Boping Han‚ is entitled “Massive invasion of Arctodiaptomus dorsalis (Copepode‚ Calanoida‚ Diaptomidae) in Philippine lakes: a threat to Asian zooplankton biodiversity?” (Biological Invasions (26 May 2012)‚ pp. 18‚ doi:10.1007/s10530-012-0250-9)
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Shianne Schimmel Period 2 Chapter 14 Review Discovery and Crisis in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Age of Discovery and Expansion By the sixteenth century the Atlantic coast was the center of commercial activity. This age of expansion was a factor in European transition from the farming economy to a commercial and industrial capitalistic system. Expansion led to Europeans meeting non-European people that started a new age of world history. Motives of Expansion • • • • • • • •
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CHAPTER 1 Theme: The first discoverers of America‚ the ancestors of the American Indians‚ were small bands of hunters who crossed a temporary land bridge from Siberia and spread across both North and South America. They evolved a great variety of cultures‚ which ranged from the sophisticated urban civilizations in Mexico and Central and South America to the largely semi nomadic societies of North America. Applying evidence- * Paleo Indians-utilized land bridge as a important hunting tool(nomadic)
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CHAPTER 1: THREE OLD WORLDS CREATE A NEW‚ 1492-1600 GUIDED READING QUESTIONS 57 terms Introduction Know: Old World‚ New World Are the terms old world and new world biased? Old World : Europeans fleeing poverty & religious persecution. New World: North America 1. What conditions existed in what is today the United States that made it "fertile ground" for a great nation? Abundant natural resources Prior inhabitance & cultivation of the land by the Native Americans The Shaping
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GEA 2000 Spring 2015 Exam # 1 Review Questions* Introduction chapter‚ Globalization (PPT)‚ “Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel” (video). 1. What is geography? 2. Which of the following statements best defines environmental determinism? 3. Which of the following statements best defines possibilism? 4. Which of the following statements illustrates environmental determinism? 5. Which of the following statements illustrates possibilism? 6. Which of the following examples best defines the role of
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Early Modern Period: Uniform and powerful Church (the Catholic Church) -> rise of heretics (those who believed something other than what the Church believed)‚ and religious fragmentation Feudal society -> states Feudalism= a defficult concept Feodum -> fief Lords have sovereignty over an area Kings still fight to achieve control over land and countries Social upheaval The Early Modern World (500-1300) 1) Crisis of the Western Church also known as the Great Schism 2) Hundred
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