• What does this picture tell you about Native American population in the United States?

• What does this photo tell you about how Native Americans felt about Europeans coming to America?

•Who were the first Americans?

•NAME ONE EFFECT THAT THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION HAD UPON EARLY NATIVE AMERICAN SOCIETIES.

•Define Agricultural Revolution.

• In your opinion, why did we read the hand-out on “The First Peoples of the Americas?”

• Copy these terms/names and their definitions from Guided Reading “Spanish North America”–Treaty of Tordesillas–Columbian Exchange–Conquistador–Mestizo–New Spain–New Mexico

How did Columbus’s arrival in the Americas affect Native Americans, African Americans, and Europeans?

•What did we do (learn) in class yesterday?

•Why did Explorers go East? You can use your notes from yesterday or the pictures below.

• The ecomienda system In practice, the difference between encomienda and slavery could be minimal. Natives were forced to do hard labor and subjected to extreme punishment and death if they resisted.[1]• WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THE SPANISH

OUTLAWING THE ECOMIENDA SYSTEM?

• According to Christopher Columbus’s journal entry we read yesterday, he described the Natives as being kind, trustworthy, honest, etc.• Do you think that the Natives kind

nature worked for or against them when dealing with the Spanish?

• COPY:•MERCANTILISM: is the economic

doctrine that says government control of foreign trade is of paramount importance for ensuring the prosperity and security of a country (state).

•What is colonization?

• For a country, does having a favorable balance of trade mean to export (sell) more than import (buy); or import (buy) more than export (sell)?

• COPY:• Why did Europeans explore?–To find a sea route to the spices of Asia – To find gold, silver, and precious stones – To expand their knowledge of the world – To control a larger empire – To expand Christianity – To find animal furs