With little experience dealing with people who were different from themselves, Spanish and Portuguese explorers poorly understood the native peoples they encountered in the Americas, leading to debates over how American Indians should be treated and how these groups were compared to European standards. “civilized” Many Europeans developed a belief in white superiority to justify their subjugation of Africans and American Indians, using several different rationales. Native peoples and Africans in the Americas strove to maintain political and cultural autonomy in the face of European challenges to their independence and core beliefs. European attempts to change American Indian beliefs and worldviews on basic social issues such as religion, gender roles and the family, and the relationship of people with the natural environment led to American Indian resistance and conflict. In spite of slavery, Africans’ cultural and linguistic adaptations to the Western Hemisphere resulted in varying degrees of cultural preservation and autonomy. PERIOD 1: 1491-1607 - Main Themes Themes Applied to this period Identity European Culture vs. Indigenous populations Work, Exchange, and Technology Slave Trade, Triangular Trade, Guns, Sailing Peopling Spanish Colonial Class System, Encomiendas Politics and Power Mercantilism, Monarchial Control, = power” “land America in the World Global Age, Role of the Columbian Exchange Environment and Geography Economic growth vs. Exploitation Beliefs, and Culture Cultural Diffusion from Columbian Exchange PERIOD 1: 1491-1607 - Vocabulary For each packet, you must define and EXPLAIN THE CONTEXTUAL SIGNIFNICANCE of each term below. These may or may not be in the book. Use other resources (online) to accomplish this if necessary. maize cultivation Great Basin Great Plains hunter-gatherer economy agricultural economy permanent villages Western Hemisphere Spanish exploration Portuguese exploration West Africa encomienda system slave labor plantation-based agriculture empire building feudalism capitalism white superiority political autonomy cultural autonomy PERIOD 1: 1491-1607 - Reading Guide (Chapter One) In 1 clear, concise sentence summarize the main idea of Shaping of North America.” “The Describe the theory. “land-bridge”
With little experience dealing with people who were different from themselves, Spanish and Portuguese explorers poorly understood the native peoples they encountered in the Americas, leading to debates over how American Indians should be treated and how “civilized” these groups were compared to European standards. Many Europeans developed a belief in white superiority to justify their subjugation of Africans and American Indians, using several different rationales. Native peoples and Africans in the Americas strove to maintain political and cultural autonomy in the face of European challenges to their independence and core beliefs. European attempts to change American Indian beliefs and worldviews on basic social issues such as religion, gender roles and the family, and the relationship of people with the natural environment led to American Indian resistance and conflict. In spite of slavery, Africans’ cultural and linguistic adaptations to the Western Hemisphere resulted in varying degrees of cultural preservation and autonomy. PERIOD 1: 1491-1607 - Main Themes Themes Applied to this period Identity European Culture vs. Indigenous populations Work, Exchange, and Technology Slave Trade, Triangular Trade, Guns, Sailing Peopling Spanish Colonial Class System, Encomiendas Politics and Power Mercantilism, Monarchial Control, “land = power” America in the World Global Age, Role of the Columbian Exchange Environment and Geography Economic growth vs. Exploitation Beliefs, and Culture Cultural Diffusion from Columbian Exchange PERIOD 1: 1491-1607 - Vocabulary For each packet, you must define and EXPLAIN THE CONTEXTUAL SIGNIFNICANCE of each term below. These may or may not be in the book. Use other resources (online) to accomplish this if necessary. maize cultivation Great Basin Great Plains hunter-gatherer economy agricultural economy permanent villages Western Hemisphere Spanish exploration Portuguese exploration West Africa encomienda system slave labor plantation-based agriculture empire building feudalism capitalism white superiority political autonomy cultural autonomy PERIOD 1: 1491-1607 - Reading Guide (Chapter One) In 1 clear, concise sentence summarize the main idea of “The Shaping of North America.” Describe the “land-bridge” theory.
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