This document provides an overview of several topics related to the history of colonization in the Americas, including: 1) Key figures like Christopher Columbus, Hernan Cortes, and Francisco Pizarro who led European exploration and conquest in the Americas. 2) Native American civilizations like the Olmecs, Mayans, Aztecs, and Incas that were encountered by European colonizers. 3) The effects of colonization on indigenous populations, including the introduction of diseases, exploitation, and the slave trade.

1. The Atlantic World

3. This will be one powerpoint for all of chapter 20. We’ll hit the highlights.

22. They also came up with the Mesoamerican ball game.

24. Try using your hips to get a 9 pound solid rubber ball through that!

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28. Superfriends’ El Dorado?

36. Quetzalcoatl

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59. Pyramid of the Moon

62. Pyramid of the Sun

64. 738 feet across and 246 feet high. World’s third largest pyramid.

79. The sacrificial victim would be marched up to the top of the pyramid, held down by four priests (one to a limb) and the head priest would use an obsidian blade to cut open the chest and remove the heart, which would be held up to the sun.

91. The Cathedral of Mexico City is built atop older Aztec temples.

92. There was something in the air that night The stars were bright, Hernando They were shining there for you and me For liberty, Hernando Though I never thought that we could lose There’s no regret If I had to do the same again I would, my friend, Hernando

110. Atahualpa

115. Other conquistadors push into North America and claim territory there.

123. Relations with the Indians were strained. Like everywhere in the Americas, European diseases like smallpox, measles, and mumps nearly eradicated the populations. They killed tens of millions and were far more destructive than weapons and armies.