Christopher Columbus

He landed in the New World on October 12, 1492.

He sailed for Spain after being turned down by Portugal, Genoa, and Venice.

Why would Spain allow him to sail, when others turned him down?

Christopher Columbus

The Muslims in Granada

“San Salvador”- Holy Savior

Columbus thought he was in the Indies

Was Columbus the first person to ever enter the New World?

NO!

The Native Americans A.D. 1000- The

Vikings- Leif Ericson- Scandinavia

The Crusades- A.D. 1000 and A.D. 1300

The Popes, European kings, and noblemen led a series of battles to drive the Muslims from the Middle East.

They wanted to gain the Holy Land and restore it to Christendom

Christendom- The nations that professed to be Christian.

Results of the Crusades

The Crusades revived European interest in trade with the East, or the Orient, as the Europeans called Asia

Crusaders brought back spices, jewels, ivory, glassware, silk, etc.

Trade between the West and East increased. What does the U.S. Seek from the Middle East

today?

The Rise of the Middle Class

Merchants and Traders The Travels of Marco Polo Traveled through Asia and met Kublai Khan.

Activity

You are a Portuguese peasant class citizen. You read The Travels of Marco Polo and it spurs your interest, but you have a family in Portugal and you are hesitant of the challenging path that awaits you in the New World. Would you try to travel to the New World? Write a 2 paragraph essay detailing your reasoning.

The Renaissance- 1300s

A Rebirth of Learning Emphasized the abilities of mankind and largely

ignored God. The Story of Nimrod Revived t he Classical literature and scientific

ideas of ancient Greece and Rome, but promoted Pagan ideology.

Paganism- Polytheistic, Non-Abrahamic

The products of the Renaissance

Art Science of Navigation More accurate Maps, rudders, Astrolabe,

Compass Movable type printing Press- Johann Gutenberg

1440 The Bible

A New All Water Route To the Orient

Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal Sent students to navigate the Western coast of

Africa Bartholomew Dias- The Cape of Good Hope-

Southern Tip of Africa (1488) Vasco da Gama- Sailed all the way around

Africa to India, thus opening an all water route to the East.

Native Americans

4,000 Years ago... the ancestors of the N.A.s left the tower of Babel to begin the great migration.

Land Bridge- The Bering Strait (Separates North America from Asia)

Native American Homes- East- Used timber to build wigwams and long houses Plains- Tepees. Southwest- adobe (mud bricks)

Daily Life for Native Americans

Men- Fish and Hunt Standing in tribe was based on his courage and

war skills Women- Cultivated the garden, preserved the

game Maize, pumpkins, squashes, and beans,

tobacco, maple sap sugar, turkey, quail, bear, deer, bison, elk

Did Columbus believe the World was flat? Why did Columbus sail westward to Asia? Two Incorrect assumptions: Distance Didn't know that the continents of North and South

America lay between Europe and Asia The Arawak tribe...warns about the Caribs tribe He found the West Indies, Cuba, and Hispaniola (Haiti)

Spain after 1492

Conquistadors Ponce de Leon- Governor of Puerto Rico-tried

to find the Fountain of Youth- first Spanish landing of North America

Named the land Florida after Pascua Florida, the Feast of Flowers at Easter time

Vasco de Balboa

Crossed the Isthmus of Panama and discovered the Pacific Ocean

How do you think the world changed after this discovery?

1519- Ferdinand Magellan

Proved the World is round by sailing all the way around.

Showed the distance of the New World and the Orient

Started with five ships, only one returned with 18 men.

Hernando Cortes

1519-1521 Montezuma Aztecs Las Casas What really happened in Mexico?