Unit 5 Emerging Global World
Native Americans,Exploration,and Scientist
Olmec
Started in 200 B.C, had a farmer economy, small elite government, located in Mexico an a religion that believe that the god was part Jaguar and part human. They created ceramic religious vessels and decorated seashells.
Mayan
Started in A.D 600,they were farmers and astronomers, polytheistic religion, they were located in El Salvador,and military government. They were skilled architects and engineer; built many steep pyramid shaped temples.
Aztec
Started in Central Mexico in A.D. 1478. Located in Texcoco, Tenoentitian. They had a military dominated government. The economy were farmers and warriors. Worshipped Quetzalcotl. They did metal working, pottery making, and weaving
Inca
Started around A.D 1500. Their government was ruled by an Inca Emperor. Their economy consisted of farmers. Their religion is polytheistic, were they worshipped the sun and the moon. They also made ceramics, textiles, and metals as arts and entertainment.
Ferdinand Magellan
Sailed for Portugal and named the pacific ocean first to circumnavigate the world.
Columbian Exchange
Products, plants, animals, and diseases were travelled to the western and eastern hemisphere by trade.
European exploration advances
The caravel, the astrolabe, and the compass advanced exploration because they made the boats faster and helped prevent the sailors from becoming lost during the day and the night.
Triangle Trade and the Middle Passage
Europe to Africa to the Americas; raw materials, manufactured goods, and slaves were traded through this.