Chap 1 Sect 1,2, & 3

• Main Idea – Prior to European discovery there were diverse & advanced cultures in the Americas. Interactions between African cultures and European have an effect on the New World

• Key Terms – Anasazi, Mississippian, Cahokia, Iroquois, Migration Theories – Bering Sea, Pacific, Atlantic, & Coastal. Gold, salt, sugar & slavery.

Draw an

Indian !!!!

Migration Theories

Pacific Island Hopping

Coastal

Bering Ice Bridge

Atlantic

Anasazi – The Ancient Ones

• Present Day Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado = Four Corners Region

• 700AD – 1300AD• Highly advanced• Mesa Verde• Pueblo Bonito

Mesa Verde Ruins – present day Colorado

Kivas

Mississippian Culture

• Present Day St. Louis• 700AD – 1300AD• Cahokia – no city in

NA would be larger until Philadelphia in 1800’s

• Influence from Canada to Gulf of Mexico – Miss. River

Chicago

St Louis

Mississippi River

Kaneland HS

Monk’s Mound -the base was larger than any pyramid in Egypt or Mexico

The Iroquois

Iroquois League of 5 Nations

Powerful group of tribes

Developed 1st “Constitution” in the New World

Formed to maintain peace

Set forth laws to determine how problems would be solved

Western Africa

• 900 AD Islam spreads south from Middle East

• 1200 AD gold replaces silver & copper in Europe

• Gold moves North• Salt moves South

Slavery & Sugar

• In 1400’s enslaved Africans used to mine Gold

• 1420’s Portuguese trade Slaves Gold

• Demand for sugar • Sugar harvesting is

labor intensive• Portugal & Spain begin

taking slaves to establish sugar

plantations

- Long before European discovery there were many different people in the

“New World”. They had diverse cultures that included trade, religion, social life,

government, conflict, art, & technology

- The interaction between Europe & West African cultures has an impact on the

settling of the New World