英美概况教学教材(美国)3.ppt

Chapter Three Discovery and Colonization of the New World We will explore: About American Natives Ocean Voyages to the New World Colonization of the New World Features of the 13 English Colonies About American Natives Pre-Columbian period / Indian Period Colonization period 20,000 years ago via Bering land bridge, from Siberia to Alaska fully developed civilizations cruelly treated sharp decrease in population Maya Civilization Mesoamerican civilization Mysterious collapse written language art mathematical astronomical systems Architecture great cities Renaissance A cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Florence in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe Included a resurgence of learning based on classical sources, the development of linear perspective in painting, and gradual but widespread educational reform. A bridge between the Middle Ages and the Modern era. Characteristics of Renaissance Humanism poetry, grammar, history, moral philosophy, rhetoric the genius of man?... the unique and extraordinary ability of the human mind. Arts highly realistic linear perspective a renewed desire to depict the beauty of nature Science a scientific revolution heralding the beginning of the modern age scientific methods focus on empirical evidence Self-awareness Ocean Voyages to the New World 1492 Christopher Columbus [Spain] Central North America 1534 Jacques Cartie [French] Canadian Atlantic provinces 1499 Amerigo Vespucci [Spain] South America 1497-98 John Cabot [England] the coast of North America 1519 Ferdinand Magellan [Spain] the tip of South America 1. When did the boat Mayflower leave England? 2.How many people were there in the ship? 3. How many adults and how many children? 4. Some of the people were what we now call the Pilgrims. What’s their purpose to go to the New World? 5. What was the purpose of the other me