Making a “New” World, to 1588 Chapter 1

A World of Change American Origins –Human evolution –Maize (corn)

Change and Restlessness in the Atlantic World –Muslim Arabs, Turks, and Moors –European interest before 1492 A World of Change

The Complex World of Indian America –Native American societies –Variations –Economic and social connections A World of Change

A World of Change in Africa –Had maintained contact with Europe and Asia –technology A World of Change

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Exploiting Atlantic Opportunities The Portuguese, Africa, and Plantation Slavery –Portugal –Exploration southward

The Continued Quest for Asian Trade –Portuguese contact with Africa –Spain, England, and France –Columbus –Other European governments Exploiting Atlantic Opportunities

A New Transatlantic World –European monarchs –Warfare –Formal alliances –Europeans as Indian trading partners and allies Exploiting Atlantic Opportunities

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The Challenges of Mutual Discovery A Meeting of Minds in America –Columbus’s discovery of Western Hemisphere Challenged Europeans’ conception of the world American Indians had little difficulty fitting Europeans into their view of the world

Columbian Exchange –New diseases –New plants The Challenges of Mutual Discovery

New Worlds in Africa and America –Columbian Exchange Disrupted Life American Indians Africa The Challenges of Mutual Discovery

A New World in Europe –Columbian Exchange –Century of religious crisis The Challenges of Mutual Discovery

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