AMERICAN BEGINNINGS

Native American Societies around 1492• Empires of North America

• Anasazi, Honokam, Mississippian, Adena, Hopewell, Pueblo, Iroquois

• Nomadic to sedentary lifestyles• Nomadic: having no fixed home, moving from place to place• Sedentary: remaining in one place

•Division of Labor•Religious beliefs

West African Societies around 1492• Islam spreads• Portuguese

• Began European trade in West African slaves• Started plantations off of West Africa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UieuBet760&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

European Societies around 1492• Renaissance• Crusades• Reformation• Technology

New World• Christopher Columbus

• Colonization• Conquest• Slave Trade Begins• Columbian Exchange

Spanish Empire in Americas

• Hernando Cortes• Subdues the Aztec

• Conquistadors (conquerors)• Juan Ponce de Leon

Questions• How does what we talked about apply to our country today?

• What do you think is the most influential event from what we covered?

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