Chapter 1 Converging Cultures
Chapter 1 – Key Concepts Causes for early settler migration Ice Age, exposure of land as water levels receded Beringia Following food Crusades (New desire for exploration) Improving European economy, expanded trade New Technology (Renaissance) Slavery
Chapter 1 – Key Concepts Where did the early settlers come from Asia (Native Americans) Europe (Vikings, Spain) Africa (Slavery)
Chapter 1 – Key Concepts What civilizations arose? Maya Aztec American Indians Hohokam Anasazi Adena and Hopewell Mississippian European (Spain)
Chapter 1 – Key Concepts Early European Explorers Leif Ericsson Christopher Columbus Amerigo Vespucci Juan Ponce de Leon Vasco de Balboa Ferdinand Magellan
Chapter 1 – Key Concepts Exchanges between the old and new worlds Columbian Exchange Food Animals Disease