HUMAN 1C- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 58 pages long!)

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12 Oct 2017
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Colonialism: where and when (cultures in contact and conflict) Colombus and pocahontas is the time period where we will talking about. Columbus didn"t even know he was in america. Pocahontas met john smith when she was 11. The pilgrims came over for religious freedom yet executed anyone who wasn"t. The ocean is in the center, not europe. North america, focusing on, european"s claim the lands. When we think about colonial america, we have to realize that these people didn"t need to be discovered. How european territorial claims affected native americans. Maps aren"t just for showing boundaries, they"re for creating meaning, the map is conveying things about africa from a european viewpoint. Sea monsters were a common symbol on the map for meaning that no one knows what was there: proceed at your own risk. Europeans pushed states/nations upon africa, they were more like ethnic tribes. The name africa is a european creation.