We
have learned a lot in class recently so I will type all the information that we
have been bombarded with. First off, I will give you the notes that I took on
all the great explorers of the Americas.
Native
Americans
· Came to America 14,300 years ago
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Scientists proved that by the proof of human DNA in feces
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Arrived in North America near the present day Pacific Coast Line and
Rocky Mountains
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The people that populated North America were the indo Europeans who
migrated all over
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They go to the USA from Russia (they were not all Russian) they crossed
a land bridge from Russia into Alaska and that is how they got to the
USA-crossed the Beringia land bridge
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1st ones to inhabit America, indigenous people-people who
are native to a place
·
They didn’t have to fight anyone to get the land because they were the
only ones there
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They were just looking for land to live on and found America
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They took care of the land because they were spiritual people who lived
on their “sacred” land and believed they didn’t own the land
Christopher
Columbus
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Arrived in 1492 in the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
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He captained the Santa Maria
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Landed in the present day Caribbean Islands, near the Bahamas
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He was trying to sail to India
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Completed 4 voyages across to the American continents
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There were already native Americans- about 60-20 million of them, from
1000s of years ago who were already there
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He had to fight to conquer the Americas and captured Indians
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He tried to conquer the Americas
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Stayed in America and made trips back and forth
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He thought he was in India the whole time
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Did not respect the land
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He didn’t work with the people there
Vikings
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Came to Canada in 1000 AD not to conquer but to raid lands
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Leaf Erikson was the first European to get to the Americas
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Stayed for about 350 years
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Respected the land
Mr.
Schick presented our class with a power point to today. Here are my notes about
culture.
Culture:
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Culture: Parts of a group’s everyday life; the ideas and themes which the group
will teach to all the members; these same characteristics can also link or
divide a region
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Languages, Ethnic Groups, and Religions are all part of culture
·
Language
o Arabic unites the Arab
world. How? Uses the dominant/ same language
o If Brazil is the only South
American nation which does not speak Spanish; It speaks Portuguese; is it
Hispanic or Latino?
o Canada is a bilingual nation.
French and English are its official languages
o Switzerland speaks many
different language and has few conflicts
o English is now considered the
world language and is used for most business transactions around the world
(Lingua Franca)
·
Ethnic Groups:
o When strong leadership dies
out, the different groups fought a very bloody civil war and now they are all
separate countries (Serbs, Croats, Bosnians, Albanians = all didn’t get along)
o Rwanda and Burundi, two
ethnic groups, Tutsis and Hutus = they both persecute each other
o Led to war between each
other
o USA and Switzerland both
have peace even when they both have merged multiple ethnic groups
o Korea and Japan both have
mostly one primary ethnic group
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Religion
o An unifying and disunifying
force
o 5 major religions:
§ Hinduism
§ Buddhism
§ Christianity
§ Judaism
§ Islam
