AP US HISTORY- MIDTERM REVIEW GUIDE Chapter 1: New World Beginnings Mr. Cruz Shaping North America > 10 million years ago: Mountains formed in North America (Rockies‚ Sierra Nevada‚ Cascades‚ and Appalachians). > 2 million years ago: Ice Age in North America‚ and glaciers shaped the continent. > 35‚000 years ago: Land bridge created between Eurasia and North America. > 10‚000 years ago: Sea level rose and America was separated from Eurasia again. The People of the Americas
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Department of History & Geography Morgan State University Baltimore‚ Maryland 21251-0001 Final Assignment By Randall Craig Aubrey Thompson History 102.101 Monday‚ June 30‚ 2014 Identify and discuss the factors responsible for European expansionism from the 15th century. What were the social‚ political and economic effects of this expansionism on Europe‚ Africa and the Americas? There were three chief factors in the 15th century European expansionism. European nations
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Indian Ocean by this route. In 1492 the Spanish monarchs funded Christopher Columbus’s expedition to sail west to reach the Indies by crossing the Atlantic‚ which resulted in the Discovery of America. In 1498‚ a Portuguese expedition commanded by Vasco da Gama reached India by sailing around Africa‚ opening up direct trade with Asia. Soon‚ the Portuguese sailed further eastward‚ to the Spice Islands in 1512‚
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Germany around 1455. The books were more available and more people read than ever before. Trade and Exploration: People started to wonder out to the known world with their ships. John Abot explored the northeast coast of North America‚ 1497. Vasco Da Gama explored the India and the cape of Good Hope‚ 1498. Balboa crosses Isthmus of Panama and sights the Pacific Ocean. Magellan leads a first expedition to circum-navigate the globe. Hernando Cortes conquers Mexico‚ destroying Aztec Empire‚ 1521. British
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In 1492 Christopher Columbus made a discovery that would change the world as they knew it; however‚ he did now know it at the time. What he discovered was the Western hemisphere. Columbus was a man from Genoa who wished to discover a direct sailing route from Europe to Asia‚ as everyone else who tried before only got as far as South Africa. He first asked Portugal to fund his voyage but they declined because they did not think he would make it all the way to Asia with the resources that he had without
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Voyages of Discovery The initial voyages that took place in the late fifteenth century and early sixteenth century are the most important events to understanding the modern world. Although humans had been migrating to different areas since they could walk‚ it was these voyages that opened up the entire world to all people. Trade‚ globalization‚ intermingling of races‚ science‚ technology‚ religion‚ and people discovering new lands are all a product of these initial voyages. Christopher Columbus
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Little did the people of Europe know that the sixteenth century would be the start of something that would change their lives forever; the discovery of the Americas. The encounter caused the economic power in Europe to shift from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic‚ causing effects such as the Price Revolution in Spain‚ which increased the power of the middle class‚ and the Columbian Exchange which spread goods from the Old and New World. Prior to the encounter with the Americas‚ the economic power
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established in the northwest quickly crumbled after he left. Later‚ commercial trade was carried between Indian states and the Roman Empire by Greco-Roman sailors that reached India by sailing on the Red and Arabian Seas. The Portuguese sailor‚ Vasco da Gama‚ was the first European to arrive in India solely by navigating the sea‚ at the end of the 15th century. Having arrived in Calicut‚ which by then was one of the major trading ports of the eastern world‚ he obtained permission by Mānavikraman Raja
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happened hundreds years ago) in middle ages or even before. Although expansion of Christianity at the beginning of new age or expansion of Islam in VIII-IX centaury had an enormous impact on the "globalized" world‚ the most important were Columb ’s‚ Vasco da Gama ’s‚ Magellan ’s discoveries in XV-XVI c. - it was time for the civilisation clash. In this period in world history the capitalism has its roots. Geographical discoveries‚ colonization‚ slave traffic‚ trade and many more aspects were consequently
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Alex Larson P.7 12/3/12 Change and Continuity of Commerce in the Indian Ocean Region from 650 CE to 1750 CE. The Indian Ocean has always been a powerful trading region‚ between East Africa and China‚ that has caused religion‚ crops‚ languages‚ and people to spread. Through the rise and fall of powerful land and sea empires‚ trade routes shifted and control switched hands numerous times over history. The goods have remained fairly constant‚ compared to the traders and the powers behind them
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