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Supercontinents

Chapter 1 Notes

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Chapter 01 - New World Beginnings---33,000 B.C.-A.D. 1769. ?I. The Shaping of North America 1. 225 million yrs. ago supercontinent 2. Mountains-- Appalachians pre separation, all others after making them ?American? mountains. 3. Canadian Shield- NE corner of Americas, maybe first above sea level 4. Ice Age- 2 million yrs. ago--2 mile thick ice, Canada, N. America 5. Glacial action eroded Canadian Shield II. Peopling the Americas 1. The Land Bridge-- Sea level dropped because of glaciers exposing a land bridge. ? ? Bering Sea between Siberia and Alaska 2. Nomadic hunters following migratory game herds 3. Ice Age ended, glaciers melted, land bridge under water--10,000 yrs. ago 4. When Europeans arrived in 1492-- 54 million people lived in the Americas.

Eastern Eurasia, 1500-1800 (Chapter 22)

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*New Patterns of contact in Eurasia* -No single power control Central Asia after 1500 = turn toward sea trade -Russia affected-turn toward expansion *The Land-Based Empires of Eurasia* -Ottoman, Russian, Mughal, Ming -Central Asia-weak point = settling -Reinforced agriculure & political centralization -Forced labor & serfdom -Land-based empres largest administrative & economic systems in the world-danger to each other *New Global Influences: The Society of Jesus and East India Companies* -They connected continents -Jesuits-Francis Xavier-India, Asia, Japan, China -Transmitted European culture to China & vice versa-Matteo Ricci -Dutch dislodged Porugese & Spanish-influence in East Asia *The Triumph of the Russian Empire*
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