PPT-Europeans in New Worlds: The Americas and Oceania

Europeans in New Worlds The Americas and Oceania By Tracy Rosselle MAT Newsome High School Lithia FL The Spanish Caribbean Columbus and those who came in his wake made the island of Hispaniola Haiti and the Dominican Republic the base of their Caribbean operations. Today the worlds oceans are becoming more and more acidic as a result of large amounts of carbon diox ide that human activity has added to the atmosphere The situation has become so concerning that a 2005 report from The Royal Society of London expl Causes of Exploration. Renaissance ideas of humanism and intellectual progress. God: Reformation and Counter-Reformation create desires to convert people to religions. Gold: . Desire for Luxury Goods and . Key Concept 1.2: Contact among Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans resulted in the Columbian Exchange and significant social, cultural, and political changes on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.. Set Sail . Chapter 2 section 1. . SKILLED VIKING . SAILORS. . The Vikings were the first Europeans to make contact with North America. .. . Leif Eriksson. , the son of Erik the Red, set off for Greenland. . 1600-1660. The . Americas- What now?. We’ve learned about the native cultures in the Americas and what happened in the beginning of contact with the Europeans, but what now?!?.  Europeans began to colonize the territory in the Americas. Key Concept 1. Before the arrival of the Europeans, native populations in North America developed a wide variety of social, political and economic structures based in part on interactions with the environment and each other. Chapter 24. Intro: Colliding Worlds. European advantages: technology, divisions among indigenous peoples, epidemic diseases. Spanish conquer Aztec and Inca Empires. Portugal’s sugar plantations in Brazil. Chapter 20. I: Where we left off. Olmec (->) Maya (->) Teotihuacan. After decline of Teotihuacan, lots of wars and conquest. Militarization and empire-building (esp. the . Mexica. ). I: The . Toltecs. Vocabulary. Word. Definition. Encomienda. Spanish economic system, where settlers were given land, and they were in control of that land and the people on it. . Plantation Colony. Colonies established to grow and sell cash crops . Ch. 24. I. Colliding Worlds. The Spanish Caribbean. The Taino. First interaction between. Euros and Americans people. Prominent in the region. Interest in glass, beads . Metal tools of Spanish. Spanish Arrival . *. ©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.. The Spanish Caribbean. Spanish mariners meet indigenous Taíno (Arawaks). Originally from Orinoco River valley in South America; settled in Caribbean in late centuries B.C.E. through 900 C.E.. Two very different ecosystems. Two different disease pools. . Two sets of flora and fauna. . Two sets of culturally diverse peoples. . Western . Hemisphere . (New World). Eastern Hemisphere. (Old World). Has anyone travelled to New Zealand?. Is anyone originally from New Zealand?. What interests you about New Zealand?. Before we Begin:. Flag Game. A.. C.. D.. B.. Flag Facts. Union Flag: . Represents New Zealand as being an independent commonwealth state. What are some dangers of exploration? . What are some benefits of exploration?. European Exploration. Objectives: Explain the reasons or motivations that drove Europeans to explore the world. - Curiosity of the Renaissance + .