3 Worlds Meet Chapter 1

Coming to America Section 1

Ancient People  1 st people 22,000 years ago  Bering Strait or Beringia – Russia/Alaska  Big game hunters – Mammoth  Nomadic – moving from place to place in search of food  Agriculture develops about 5 to 10 thousand years ago

Society Develops  Civilizations begin developing in America about 3,000 years ago.  Activity – What attributes/characteristics do you look for in a civilization?  Middle and South America  Olmec, Maya, Aztec, Inca  Desert Farmers – in and around AZ  Hohokam, Anasazi  Mound Builders  Adena, Hopewell, Mississippian

North American Societies Around 1492 Section 2

Tribal Life  Activity – What would be 3 main things that Native American tribes would base their lives on?  Read Pgs make 2 bullet points for each of the following groups:  California  Northwest Coast  Southwest  Eastern Woodlands

Shared Cultural Patters  Trading Networks – sharing of goods and skills  Elaborate trails  Land Use – “land is the source of life”  Not to be sold – conflicts with whites  Religion – “Great Spirits”  Living or Not  Social Organization – 1.Family (respect of elders) 2.Division of labor – do your part

1 st Encounters Section 5

Columbus’ Journey  Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria  Find gold, spread Christianity  Landed in the Caribbean Islands  Thought he was in Asia or the “Indies”  Would return with many settlers beginning cultural clash  Activity – describe what cultural problems would occur if you would move to Japan or any other foreign country?

Colonization  Colonization – the establishment of distant settlements controlled by a parent country  Spaniards forcing their ways on the natives  Attempted forced labor, resistance  Conquistador – conqueror  Disease wipes out natives  African slave trade begins  Trade of goods to and from Europe, Africa and Asia (map on pg 29)

Debate  Read debate on pg. 30  Create chart below  Write a 1 paragraph opinion of this debate PointCounterpoint