PPT-Early Societies in Americas and Oceania

Chapter 6 I Early Societies of MesoAmerica Major PreColumbian Civilizations Early Mesoamerican societies 1200 BCE 1100 CE The Olmecs 1 Early Agriculture in Mesoamerica 80007000bce. Americas. [ 1.1 ] The Early . Americas. Learning Objectives. Explain how people first reached the Americas.. Describe early civilizations and cultures of the Americas.. Identify the human and physical characteristics of regions.. Where we start…. Mayan and Aztec societies flourishing. Millions of Native Americans living in the Americas. Europe was coming out of the Medieval or Dark Ages. With the beginning of Renaissance ideas, people began to think outside of Europe. Prehistory. WHI.2. Differing Points of View. Evolution. Creation. Earth Forms. 4.6 Billion Years Ago. Jesus’ . Birth. 2000. Man Evolved. 3 Million Years Ago. Life Evolves. 3 Billion Years Ago. Evolutionist’s Time Line. Technological and Environmental. Transformations, to c. 600 B.C.E.. Key Concept 1.1. . Big Geography and the Peopling . of the Earth. Key . Concept 1.2. . The Neolithic Revolution and . Early Agricultural Societies. 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. The Mesolithic Age. The . Mesolithic Age. (Middle Stone Age) went from 12,000-8,000 BCE.. Major changes included the ability to shape and sharpen stone tools, make needles out of bone, etc. . More animals were domesticated, like cows.. development of the Neolithic Revolution?. (A) Improved human nutrition resulting from enhanced hunting skills. (B) Dramatically altered weapons and warfare caused by the use of bronze technology. (C) The adoption of settled agriculture that allowed more densely populated societies. Overview . Period 1 Beginning to 600 B.C.E. . Paleolithic Age. Neolithic Age . Neolithic Revolution. River Valley Civilizations . Mesopotamia. Egypt. Indus Valley . Huang He river valley . Question 1. “I have observed this in my experience of slavery, that whenever my condition was improved, instead of increasing my contentment, it only increased my desire to be free, and set me to thinking of plans to gain my freedom. I have found that, to make a contented slave, it is necessary to make a thoughtless one.”. 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 . Europeans in New Worlds: The Americas and Oceania By Tracy Rosselle, M.A.T. 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. development of the Neolithic Revolution?. (A) Improved human nutrition resulting from enhanced hunting skills. (B) Dramatically altered weapons and warfare caused by the use of bronze technology. (C) The adoption of settled agriculture that allowed more densely populated societies. 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.