1. Chapter 1 Converging Cultures

2. Chapter 1 – Key Concepts Causes for early settler migration
Ice Age, exposure of land as water levels receded
Beringia
Following food
Crusades (New desire for exploration)
Improving European economy, expanded trade
New Technology (Renaissance)
Slavery

3. Chapter 1 – Key Concepts Where did the early settlers come from
Asia (Native Americans)
Europe (Vikings, Spain)
Africa (Slavery)

4. Chapter 1 – Key Concepts What civilizations arose? Maya Aztec
American Indians
Hohokam
Anasazi
Adena and Hopewell
Mississippian
European (Spain)

5. Chapter 1 – Key Concepts Early European Explorers Leif Ericsson
Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
Juan Ponce de Leon
Vasco de Balboa
Ferdinand Magellan

6. Chapter 1 – Key Concepts Exchanges between the old and new worlds
Columbian Exchange
Food
Animals
Disease