Fasttrack to America's Past
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Page 22

Page 23


Pages 22 & 23 - When Cultures Collided


The pictures

1.  A Native American with a bow and arrow.  The weapon was actually very accurate and deadly, but the loud noise of guns gave Europeans a great psychological advantage in battle.
 
2.  A Catholic missionary priest holding the Cross, a symbol of Christianity.  The Spanish missions tried to defend the Indians from exploitation by colonists, but also forced Indians to adopt European ways of life and religious worship.
 
3.  Bartolome de Las Casas, a Spanish missionary priest who became famous for his arguments on behalf of the Native Americans.
 
4.  A globe, illustrating the fact that by 1600, Europeans had explored and mapped large areas of the world.



The vocabulary terms


   A glossary for the vocabulary terms can be found with the link near the top of this section's main index page.

   See the Getting Started pages at the front of the workbook for suggestions for students about highlighting, and making vocabulary index cards.








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   Copyright 2018 by David Burns.  All rights reserved.  Illustrations and reading selections appearing in this work are taken from sources in the public domain and from private collections used by permission.  Sources include: the Dover Pictorial Archive, the Library of Congress, The National Archives, The Hart Publishing Co., Corel Corporation and its licensors, Nova Development Corporation and its licensors, and others.  Maps were created or adapted by the author using reference maps from the United States Geological Survey and Cartesia Software.  Please see the home page for this title for more information.