Chapter 01: The World Before 1600

Lesson 01: Prehistoric Wildlife, Migration of Peoples, & the Agricultural Revolution
I. Ice Age




II. Wildlife (Old School)




III. Climate Change and the Agricultural
Revolution



Concepts and vocabulary I
just taught you if you
were listening:
Ice Age & how it ends
Beringia
Nomads
Hunter-Gatherers
Meso-American
Movement of peoples
into North America
Indigenous prehistoric
wildlife
Climate Change
Agricultural Revolution,
its causes, and how it
spurs the development
of society
Matrilineal Society
Kinship
Barter System

Chapter 01: The World Before 1600
Lesson 02: Ancient Native American Cultures
I. Olmec

II. Mayans

III. Inca

IV. Aztec

V. North American Native Cultures by Region





Concepts and vocabulary I
just taught you if you
were listening:
Major belief systems
and lifestyles of all of
the major ancient
Central and South
American people groups
Art in Ancient Native
American life
Slash-burn farming
Ziggurats
Montezuma
Polytheism
Regional makeup of
Ancient North American
Indian Tribes


Chapter 01: The World Before 1600
Lesson 03: Introduction to Early European Exploration
I. Background World History: Motivations for European Expansion

a. Renaissance


b. Protestant Reformation

c. Spanish Reconquista

II. European Exploration Beginnings: Marco
Polo & Portugal




III. The Vikings








Concepts and vocabulary I
just taught you if you
were listening:
Why Europeans felt the
need to expand their
empires
Renaissance
Protestant Reformation
Martin Luther
Indulgences
95 Theses
Spanish Reconquista
The Moors
Spanish Inquisition
Marco Polo
Prince Henry the
Navigator
Caravel
Bartolomeu Dis
Vasco de Gama
Eric the Red
Leif Eriksson


Chapter 01: The World Before 1600
Lesson 04: Spanish Exploration in the New World
I. Christopher Columbus discovers America


II. Spanish Dominance in Expansion


III. Ponce d Leon and the Fountain of Youth



IV. Hernan Corts and the Aztecs


V. Hernando d Soto





Concepts and vocabulary I
just taught you if you
were listening:
Spanish motivations
(religious and financial)
for seeking the New
World
Ferdinand and Isabella
Christopher Columbus
Bartholomeu des las
Casas
Hispaniola
Columbian Exchange
Treaty of Tordesillas
How Portugal is
effectively locked out of
the Western Hemisphere
Conquistadors
St. Augustine
Quezecoatl
Tenochtitlan
Hernn Cortes
God, gold, and glory
Spanish relations with
indigenous American
peoples