WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE What happens when Two ecosystems
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WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE What happens when Two ecosystems collide? Why is the word “collide” used instead of Mixing, blending?
Pros and Cons of what each culture added or took away. NEW WORLD ADDITIONS � � New World plants revolutionized the economy. (Tobacco, maize, corn, beans, tomatoes) Approximate 3/5 s of the crops cultivated today are from the Americas. EUROPEAN ADDITIONS � � Domesticate animals such as cattle, swine and horses were introduced to the new world. Germs that caused havoc on the local populations. (90% of Native Americans perished with CC’s landfall)
Spanish Conquistadores v Spanish became the dominant exploring and colonizing power in the 1500 s. v Vasco Nunez Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean and areas near Panama.
The hope for gold is replaced. � The idea of finding a sea route to Asia was replaced with gaining new territory for Spain. � Starting in Cuba and moving through Mexico and starting from Panama to Peru, Spain had conquered the Aztecs and the Incas.
Hernan Cortez � Conquistador leader who had a contact with the monarchy, financed by investors in Spain and went out and recruited men for his army. � (Approximately half of Cortez’s expedition were professional soldiers and sailors, the rest were peasants, artisans and the middle class. ) He had man power but more importantly he had horse, Mastiffs, and the myth of fifty-two years. � �
Quetzalcoatl � Quetzalcoatl was a mythical god and also a great Toltec leader. Who reigned during Cortez arrival to Mexico. � “Q” was the god of intelligence and selfreflection of priests. He was the feathered serpent of the Mayans, and the god of the wind to the Aztecs. � He was also patron god of the Aztec priest hood of learning and knowledge.
The luck of Cortez BELIEF OF THE AZTECS/TOLTECS ARRIVAL � � � Cortez sailed in from the east with white, billowing sails. He arrived in 1519, and he was white! Riding horses and large barking dogs, Cortez gave the appearance of a god. � � Believed Q was the white, feathered serpent. The sun, moon and the twenty day harvest calendar were aligned every 52 years. 1519 was the 52 years of alignment.
