First Encounters As the representative of a Christian

First Encounters The Conquistadors – Hernán Cortés – Aztecs • Tenochtitlan • Moctezuma –

First Encounters • Native Population Declines – Weaponry • Steel-edged swords, pikes, and crossbows.

First Encounters – Devastation of Disease • Smallpox, typhus, diphtheria, bubonic plague, and cholera.

First Encounters Effects of Exploration • Columbian Exchange – Exchange of Plants and Animals

First Encounters Global Interdependence Use the excerpts to identify potential negative and positive consequences

First Encounters HW Answer the following questions from your group activity: 1. What does

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First Encounters • As the representative of a Christian nation, Columbus believed that he had the right and duty to dominate the people he found. • “They should be good servants and intelligent, for I observed that they quickly took in what was said to them, and I believe that they would easily be made Christians, as it appeared to me that they had no religion. I, our Lord being pleased, will take hence, at the time of my departure six natives. . ” • —Journal of Christopher Columbus, October 1492

First Encounters The Conquistadors – Hernán Cortés – Aztecs • Tenochtitlan • Moctezuma – Francisco Pizarro – Incas

First Encounters • Native Population Declines – Weaponry • Steel-edged swords, pikes, and crossbows. • Guns – (psychological advantage). • Horses. • http: //www. youtube. co m/watch? v=UCsvd 3_wx. A

First Encounters – Devastation of Disease • Smallpox, typhus, diphtheria, bubonic plague, and cholera. • From about 300, 000 in 1492, the island’s population declined to a mere 500 by 1548. • Leads to slavery

First Encounters Effects of Exploration • Columbian Exchange – Exchange of Plants and Animals • colonists introduced their domesticated livestock: pigs, horses, mules, sheep, and cattle. • Domesticated plants: including wheat, barley, rye, oats, grasses, and grapes.

First Encounters Global Interdependence Use the excerpts to identify potential negative and positive consequences of global exchange and interdependence: Draw and complete the following table Potential Positive Consequences Potential Negative Consequences

First Encounters HW Answer the following questions from your group activity: 1. What does Columbus claim to have found for Spain? 2. What does de Las Casas say has happened to many islands in the Americas? 3. In what ways do Nader and Friedman differ in their opinion of global markets? 4. How do you think workers and political leaders in the United States should respond to increasing global interdependence?