A Whole New World

Who was here? Who Colonized? How did it change things?

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Connect the present to the past: CULTURE

​Society: North America!

Who were they?

​Navajo, Cherokee, Inuit

​What are their origins?

What was their culture like?

How have they preserved their culture?​

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How common is this culture today in N.A.?

​Indigenous Americans

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Why do you think they used animal fur for their clothing? What might they have eaten? How did they adapt to the harsh climate?

Where are they from? Inuit

Multiple Choice

What does the term "indigenous people" mean?

• The people who were originally in North America, or Native Americans.

• The people who came to North America recently.

• Immigrants from Europe that colonized North America.

• They are people that moved from North America to Asia.

The "Old World" wanted to find and conquer the "New World." Great Britain, France and Spain were powerful and took most of North America.

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​What was the New World? Was it really new?

​Empires Explore

​Sent by the Spanish after failing to gain Portugal's support, he was headed to India, but got lost. He landed in what is now The Bahamas, and told his boss he'd landed in India. They later realized that he was in "The New World."

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Christopher Columbus

Europeans brought horses, guns, slaves, diseases, plants, animals & ideas that were new to The Americas. They also found many things that hadn't been seen in Europe before.

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This started an exchange of culture and products.

​Old and New

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Not only did products get traded, but culture (ideas, languages and religions) changed The Americas for centuries to come. Slavery was part of this exchange.

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​How did American and Canadian culture change?

​Columbian Exchange

​Many migrants leave their homeland searching for better lives, but some people were enslaved by Europeans and Americans and forced to migrate. Their culture was changed through conflict/force.​

Slavery: Forced Migration

Multiple Choice

Christopher Columbus was sent to explore by

• The British

• The Spanish

• The Portuguese

• The Dutch

Multiple Choice

How did the Europeans change the culture in The Americas?

• The accepted the indigenous people with open arms and started to practice native culture.

• The did not change the culture.

• They took over the land and changed the language, religion and norms.

• They just changed the food, but kept everything else.

Multiple Choice

The Columbian Exchange included the exchange of

• Ideas, Foods, Animals, Diseases, Language and Religion

• Only food, horses, and manufactured products

• Language, Religion and culture were the only things exchanged

• Slavery and food products were the only things exchanged

Multiple Choice

Which group brought horses and guns get to North America?

• Native Americans

• Europeans

• Asians

• South Americans

Migrants from Europe, Africa, and all over the world have continued to come to North America, and this has allowed North America to be one of the most diverse places on Earth.

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​How have Indigenous people preserved their culture?

​Multiculturalism

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Eastern Canada is the French speaking region of Canada. The French Empire was strong in the beginning of colonization but their impact today is limited.

​​French

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​English is widely spoken in many North American countries due to the influence of the British Empire during colonization.

​​British Influence

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Many Central American and Caribbean nations are Spanish speaking? Why?

​​Conquistadors

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Knowing the language of a society will tell you a great deal about colonization. Knowing which language is spoken can tell us a lot about who colonized a place.

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Why?

​What language do you speak?

Multiple Choice

Eastern Canada is French speaking, while the rest of Canada is English speaking. What can this tell us about colonization in Canada?

• The French colonized the entire country of Canada.

• The British colonized the entire country of Canada.

• The French colonized the eastern part and the British colonized the rest.

• Neither the French nor the British colonized Canada.

Multiple Choice

Which statement is true about religion in North America?

• The Europeans brought Christianity to the continent, but indigenous people had different religions before them.

• The Indigenous people practiced Christianity before the Europeans arrived.

• North America didn't have religion before the Europeans arrived.

• Islam is the most common religion in No. America.