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Chapter 1

-New world beginnings Recorded history began in 4000 B.C. 1492- Columbus discovered America -The shaping of North America One giant continent theory proved by same fresh water fish all over the globe. Appalachians formed 350 million years ago North America formed 10 million years ago -People in the Americas Ice Age shaped human history of North America During ice age, sea level dropped and a land bridge from Siberia to Alaska was formed. When ice melted, sea level rose and land bridge was engulfed in water. People used land bridge to set into America Early people used labor to build structures that are ancient to man today. -The earliest Americans Corn planting was a major food source. Cultivation of corn came from Mexico Tons of Native American tribes were in NA Some were Illinois, Iowa, Alabama, and Kansas. States named after Indian tribes. Cultivation of Maize in NA started in 1000A.D. -Indirect discoveries of the New World Europeans stumbled upon NA on accident. This caused other Europeans to go and explore Supply routes became very expensive -Europeans enter Africa Marco Polo sailed first to Africa in 1925. He was Italian. Portuguese adopted African Arabian cultures. Bartholomew Dias went to the Africa in 1488. Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile got married and united the Kingdom of Spain. -Columbus comes upon a new world. Africa was established as a source of slave labor. Colonization was occurring in Spain. Renaissance began. Printing press made in 1450 Christopher Columbus lived from 1451-1506 He has 3 tiny ships- Inca, Pinta, Santa Maria 4 continents were made our of Columbus’ discovery- Europe, Africa, and the two Americas. -New world offered precious metals and sugar cane. When worlds collide. -Old world introduced crops and animals to the Americas. -Indians quickly adopted the horse very quickly transforming their cultures. -Indian slaves put blood in master’s bread. The Spanish conquistadores. -Mexico and Peru were very advanced. -Francisco Pizarro crushed the Incas of Peru. The conquest of Mexico -In 1519 Hernan Cortes set sail from Cuba. -Small pox owned Mexico. The spread of Spanish America. -Mexico city and Lima were founded in 1951. -New Mexico was founded in 1609. -Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo had explored the California coast in 1951 but did not find San Francisco bay as anything of the sort.