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 a.  The Shaping of North America  i.  The major mountain ranges in America were created about 25-350 million years ago  b.  People the Americas  i.  About 54 million people already inhabited the Americas by the time Europeans arrives in 1492  c.  The Earliest Americans  i.  Corn planting started in the Southwest in about 1200 B.C.  ii. Lived in small, scattered, and impermanent settlements  d.  Indirect Discoverers of the New World  i.  Luxuries in Asia were extremely expensive in Europe  e.  Europeans Enter Africa  i.  Marco Polo was an indirect discoverer of the New World because he stimulated a cheaper route for treasures  ii. Trading posts were set up along African short for the purchase of gold and slaves  iii. Bartholomeu Dias reached the southern tip of Africa  iv. Vasco da Gama reached India  f.  Columbus Comes Upon a New World  i.  Spain = unity, wealth, and power were taking shape <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> ii. Renaissance brought new optimism and adventure <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> iii. Printing press developed in 1450 <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> iv. 1492 – Columbus discovered an island in the Bahamas <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> v.  Europe provided markets, capital, and technology <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> vi. Africa provide labor <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> vii. New World provided raw materials <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> g.  When Worlds Collide <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> i.  Foodstuffs from New World = most important Indian gifts <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> ii. The horse was a common, new way of transportation <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> iii. Many diseases quickly spread from Old World to New World <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> iv. The Columbian Exchange was an effective way to get things from the New World to the Old World <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> h.  The Spanish Conquistadores <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> i.  Conquistadores (conquerors) fanned out across the Caribbean and the American continents <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> ii. Magellan was the first to circumnavigate the world <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> iii. Ponce de Leon, Coronado, and de Soto all explored American <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> iv. “Encomienda” gave Indians to certain colonists in return for the promise to try to Christianize them <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> i.  The Conquest of Mexico <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> i.  Cortes explored the Aztec empire of Mexico <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> ii. June 30, 1520 – Aztecs attacked and drove out Spaniards <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> iii. “Mestizos” culture created = mix of Indian and European heritage <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 1. “Dia de la Raza” = Columbus Day is celebrated for the birthday of a new race of people <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> j.  The Spread of Spanish America <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> i.  Spanish culture spread rapidly through Central and South America <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> ii. Missionary retreats became a new idea in Western America to help spread Christianity and Catholicism
 * <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> I.  ****__ Chapter 1 – New World Beginnings __**