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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