Colonization of the Americas

English colonization of the Americas

Roanoke Island

Spain in the Age of Discovery

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Roanoke Colony

Colony of Virginia

Chapter 2: When Worlds Collide ? Outline ? The English and the Algonquians at Roanoke In 1590, Governor John White returned to Roanoke Island, where he had left the first English colonists three years ago, in search of the 115 colonists; mostly single men, but also twenty families, including White?s daughter, son-in-law, and Virginia Dare, the first English baby born in North America. He found the colonists? houses taken down and their possessions scattered, but saw ?CROATOAN? on a trunk, the name of a friendly village, and set sail for the village.?

Brinkley APUSH Ch. 1

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Spain in the Age of Discovery

Spanish colonization of the Americas

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Indigenous peoples of the Americas

Native Americans in the United States

Mestizo

Chapter One The Meeting of Cultures Multiple Choice Questions 1. The origins of human existence in the Americas began A. with migrations from Eurasia over the Bering Strait. B. with the explorations of Christopher Columbus. C. as a result of the development of the wheel. long after the last ice age ended. from the southern tip of South America. Ans: A Page: 3 2. Scholars estimate that human migration into the Americas occurred approximately A. 2,000 years ago. B. 5,000 years ago. C. 9,000 years ago. 14,000 years ago. 18,000 years ago. Ans: D Page: 4 3. Scholars estimate the population of all of the Americas in 1500 was approximately A. fewer than 3 million. B. 10 million. C. 20 million. 40 million. more than 50 million.

AP World Chapter 24 lecture

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European colonization of the Americas

Imperialism: Making of the European global orderChapter 24 AP World History Big Picture Western European industrialization fundamentally altered the nature of European overseas expansion. In previous times, 3 Gs: Gold, God, & Glory Sought desired material goods, in Americas seized lands for plantation crops. Countries in Europe were little interested in acquiring expensive/unstable distant possessions, but men on the spot were drawn into local struggles as they sought to advance or defend their interests. Christian missionaries sought converts. In competition with Islam. Industrialization brought new motives for expansion, including: Raw materials were needed to fuel industrial growth Markets were required for its manufacturing production

CH 24 GR

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CH. 24 GR Terms: 1. Modernization- the process of reforming political, military, economic, social, and cultural traditions in imitation of the early success of W. societies, often with regard for accommodating local traditions in non-western societies. 2. ?legitimate trade?- exports from Africa in the 19th century that didn?t include the newly outlawed slave trade. 3. palm oil- exports increased during the 19th century due to ?legitmate? trade 4. recaptives- African rescued by Britain?s Royal Navy from the illegal slave trade of the 19th century and restored to free status. Christian missionaries settled them in Freetown. 5. ?secondary empires? 6. nawabs- a Muslim prince allied to British India; technically , a semi-autonomous deputy of the Mughal emperor 7. ?Company Men?

Ch 18

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Dutch West India Company

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Chapter 18 Study guide 1. Sugar cane was first grown in the West Indies by Spanish colonists shortly after 1500, but after 1600 A: The English and French grew tobacco there. 2. Although tobacco was a New World plant long used by Amerindians, A: tobacco use became enormously popular in Europe. 3. In order to make tobacco trade profitable, European governments used chartered companies, A: private investors with trade monopolies in colonies. 4. Which of the following does not describe the Dutch West India Company? A: It was never very profitable. 5. The expansion of sugar plantations in the West Indies required A: a sharp increase in the African slave trade. 6. The cultivation and production of sugar can best be described as

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New Encounters: The Creation of a World Market Chapter Outline An Age of Exploration and Expansion ? ? ?Islam and the Spice Trade growing portion of the spice trade was being transported in Muslim ships major impetus for the spread of Islam was the foundation of a new sultanate at Malacca in Indonesia Islands Malacca was founded was Paramesvara Malacca became a tributary of the Chinese Paramesvara converted to Islam, to enhance ports ability to participate in Muslim dominated trade Malacca became leading economic power in region and helped promote spread of Islam ? ? ?The Spread of Islam in West Africa Muslim trade and religion continued to expand south of Sahara into Niger River Valley in West Africa ? ? ??????The Empire of Songhai

Atlantic Slave Trade

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Slavery in Brazil

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? A.? The Atlantic slave trade was significant ??????????? B.? The slave trade was only one part of the international trading networks that shaped the world between 1450 and 1750. ??????????????????????? 1.? Europeans broke into the Indian Ocean spice trade ??????????????????????? 2.? American silver allowed greater European participation in the commerce of East Asia ??????????????????????? 3.? fur trapping and trading changed commerce and the natural environment ??????????? C.? Europeans were increasingly prominent in long-distance trade, but other peoples were also important. ??????????? D.? Commerce and empire were the two forces that drove globalization between 1450 and 1750. ??????????? ??????????? 1.? gradual creation of a single ?new world? from the many premodern ?old worlds?

The Earth and Its Peoples - Chapter 25

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CHAPTER 25 Africa, India, and the New British Empire, 1750?1870 I?? seq NLA \r 0 \h . Changes and Exchanges in Africa A?? seq NL1 \r 0 \h . New Africa States 1?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . Serious drought hit the coastlands of southeastern Africa in the early nineteenth century and led to conflicts over grazing and farming lands. During these conflicts Shaka used strict military drill and close-combat warfare in order to build the Zulu kingdom. 2?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . Some neighboring Africans created their own states (such as Swaziland and Lesotho) in order to protect themselves against the expansionist Zulu kingdom. Shaka ruled the Zulu kingdom for little more than a decade, but he succeeded in creating a new national identity as well as a new kingdom.

The Earth and Its Peoples - Chapter 18

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