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Chapter 1Colliding Worlds
1. What does this painting suggest about how the Algonquians living in this town subsisted on a day-to-day basis?
2. What does the image suggest about the Algonquians’ sense of security or concerns about threats from other groups of people?
3. What are the central actions taking place in this image?
Native Americans
1st Americans – Asian migrantshunter-gatherersagriculture – maize, potatoes, squash
Early Empires
Mayas, Aztecs, IncasHighly organized societiesextensive tradecrops – maize, potatoes
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North American Civilizations
Mississippi Valley – maizeMississippian
Eastern Woodlands – maizeIroquois, Algonquian
Great LakesOttowa
Great PlainsSioux, Comanche
Arid Southwest – maizeAnasazi - Pueblo
Pacific CoastChinooks
Indian Society
Chiefs, councilsShared responsibilitiesReligionAnimism – dreams & visionsCeremonies – hunts, etc.
Trade Networks
food, tools, natural resources long-distance trade
rare, valuable goods
chiefs, leaders shared with family and community
Western Europe
MonarchiesKings, noblesPeasants – provided laborReligionCatholicismProtestantism
European Trade
Arab merchantsMediterranean, Africa, China
Merchant communitiesBaltic, North Sea
Taxes paid to Kings
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African Society
Empires – Kings & Princesextended familiesshared responsibilitiesReligionAfrican form of animism
various spiritisIslam
African Trade
trade caravans to N. Africa smaller nations – limited trade &
marketsEuropean – new opportunities
African Slave Trade
tribal warfarePortugal – sugar islands
Portuguese Expansion
Prince Henrynaval academy, caravel
Italians financed explorationsAtlantic islands – sugar
native slaves
Vasco da Gama - India
Christopher Columbus
CaribbeanColumbian Exchangeplants, animals, diseasesEurope – increased population
maize, potatoes England – mercantilism: mfg. & trade
90% native population died within 100 yrs.
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Spanish Conquest
golds & slavesde Leon, Balboa (N. America)Hernan Cortes – AztecsFrancisco Pizarro – Incasdiseases aided in conquestsmallpox, influenza, measles
1. What does this image convey about these two groups? Who are they? What are their similarities and differences?
2. Which group, in this image, is portrayed as the aggressor? Why might the artist have portrayed the two sides in this way?
Spanish Colonies
encomiendas – land grantssilver – Chinese spices, silksgold – Catholic churches
plantations Indian, African slaves
Colonial Caste System
peninsularescriollosmestizosmulattoszambo