Chapter 1: New World Beginnings 33,000 BC- 1769 AD Flashcards
Incas
Peru. Patriarchal. Agricultural
Who were the first settlers to come to the Americas?
Sonomaic Asians
Mayans
Central America. Patriarchal. Agricultural
Aztecs
Mexico. Matriarchal. Hunting.
Crops
Maize (corn), squash, and beans
Marco Polo
Italian adventurer, who returned to Europe in 1295 and shared stories about his 20 year journey in China. An indirect discoverer of the New World b/c of his book. His book was very descriptive and gave easy routes
Portuguese
1450: developed the caravel (a ship that could sail closely to the wind). Went to Northern Africa and set trading posts along shore for gold and slaves.
Bartholomeu Dias
Portuguese
1488: rounded the most southern tip of the African “Dark Continent”
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese
1498: finally reached India and returned home with a small but tantalizing cargo of jewels and spices
Spain
Became United in the late 15th century by the 2 sovereigns of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile after Christian-Islamic warfare
Christopher Columbus
Spain
Italian seafarer who convinced Spanish monarchs to let him/support and his 3 small ships to travel to India
Oct 12, 1492: came into the Bahamas to island of Hispaniola
Columbus (part II)
1493: Went to island of Hispaniola and came with 17 ships. Like Noah’s ark he brought new animals, diseases, and crops
Treaty of Tordesillas (1484)
Spain secured claims to Columbus’ discovery and divided with Portugal the “heathen lands” of new world
-divided lands of Americas
Spanish conquistadores
1500s: in search for gold, God, glory
Vasco Nuñuz Balboa
1513: Discoverer of the Pacific Ocean off if Panama
