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1. Team 1

2. History and Government of the U.S. • For thousands of years people have been migrating to the United States for people wanting a better life and freedoms America has to offer. • In 1803 the U.S. Government purchased all the land in-between the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains from France , Doubling the size of the U.S.

3. Columbian Exchange • A huge part of early American history was the Columbian Exchange where, many people(including slaves), items, diseases, ideas, and customswere exchanged from Europe and Aaerica

4. And Industrialization • Many people got all they had and left to see what the west had to offer for their families. • Many people on there way to the west traveled on the Oregon Trail. • As the west was being settled many immigrants started pouring effectively starting industrialization in America.

5. Terrorism In America • On September 11, 2001, 19 Arab terrorists hijacked four airliners which were later crashed into the twin towers, the pentagon, and the fourth plane was crashed in Pennsylvania due to the courage's acts of the crew. • This started the war on terrorism in America. <object width="480" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.history.com/flash/VideoPlayer.swf?vid=98346439601"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="al<object width="480" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.history.com/flash/VideoPlayer.swf?vid=98346439601"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.history.com/flash/VideoPlayer.swf?vid=98346439601" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="480" height="340"></embed></object>ways"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.history.com/flash/VideoPlayer.swf?vid=98346439601" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="480" height="340"></embed></object>

6. Click the following link to see how the towers collapsed • http://www.history.com/videos/how-the-towers-collapsed

7. America and Canada’s growing problem,Urban Sprawl • In the United States and Canada, urban sprawl is becoming a matter of increasing concern. From 1970 to 1990, people who worked in U.S. cities moved farther and farther from urban centers. The population density of cities in the United States decreased by more than 20 percent as people in cities moved to suburbs and outlying areas. About 30,000 squaremilesof rural lands were gobbled up by housing developments. For example, the population of the city of Chicago decreased during this period from 3.4 million people to 2.8 million. But the Chicago metropolitan area grew from about 7.0 million persons to 7.3 million.

8. Mexico • The history of Mexico is the story of the conflict between native people and settlers from Spain and the Spanish conquest of the region. The result was a blending of Indian and Spanish cultures that has greatly affected Mexico’s development.

9. Native Americans and the Spanish conquest • The territory of present-day Mexico was originally occupied by many different native peoples. These people included the residents of Teotihuacán,, the Toltecs, the Maya, and the Aztecs. • In 1519, Hernando Cortés landed on the coast of Mexico, Cortés and his men marched into the interior of the country until they reached the Aztec city of Tenochtitlán, the site today of Mexico City. • By 1521, Cortés and his soldiers had conquered the Aztecs.

10. A History of Ancient Glory-Mediterranean Europe • The two geographic advantages that helped the Mediterranean to become the region where European civilization was born were the mild climate and the nearby Mediterranean Sea. • The Climate made survival there easier than in other areas. So societies had time to develop complex institutions such as government. • The Mediterranean Sea encouraged overseas trade. When different societies trade with each other, they also exchange ideas. The spread of ideas often leads to advances in knowledge.

11. The Roman Empire • Rome ruled most of the Italian Peninsula by 275 B.C. At the time, Rome was a republic. • The Roman Empire grew by conquering territory overseas, including the Iberian and Balkan peninsulas. • Soon Rome began to be ruled by an emperor, ending the republic. • One of Rome’s overseas territories was Palestine, the place where Jesus was born, therefore Christianity spread from across the empire, and by the late 300s, Christianity was Rome’s official religion. By A.D. 395, the empire was too big for a single government, so it split into a western and an eastern half. The Western Roman Empire grew weak, in part because of German invaders from the north, and fell in A.D. 476. The Eastern Roman Empire lasted nearly 1,000 years longer.

12. History Of Russian Expansion • Russia’s growth had lasting effects on nearby lands and peoples. • You can see these effects even today in the republics to its west: Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine and the Baltic Republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. • Russian expansion not only affected its neighbors. It also had an impact on the entire world’s political geography.

13. Rise And Fall of the Soviet Union • During world war One (1914–1918), the Russian people’s anger exploded into revolt. In 1917, the Russian Revolution occurred, ending the rule of the czars. The Russian Communist Party took control of the government. • By 1922, the Communist Party organized a new nation. This new nation was called the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), or the Soviet Union for short. • By the time World War II broke out in relations between the Soviet Union and its allies began to worsen. • By the late 1940s, tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union led to conflict. • This began a process that led to the collapse of the Communist government and the Soviet Union in 1991.

14. East Africa • An important civilization was Aksum, which emerged in present-day Ethiopia in the A.D. 100s.Its location on the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean made it an important trading center and contributed to its expansion and power. People from Aksum regularly traded with the people of Egypt and the eastern Roman Empire.

15. Colonization disrupts Africa • In the 19th century, Europe’s industrialized nations became interested in Africa’s raw materials. Those European nations wanted to colonize and control parts of Africa to obtain those resources. Europeans did not want to fight over Africa. To prevent European wars over Africa, 14 European nations convened the Berlin Conference

16. South West Asia • . In the past, some towns in the sub region served as trade centers for caravans moving across the deserts. Other cities were ports where goods were exchanged from the Silk Roads in East Asia, Indian Ocean trade from South Asia, and Mediterranean Sea trade from Europe.

17. South Asia’s population • When India gained its independence from Britain in 1947, the population stood at 300 million. By 2000, the population had more than tripled. • India is not alone in its skyrocketing population. In fact, of the 10 most populous countries in the world in 1998, three were located in South Asia • Causing a major population threat in the future

18. South Asia Weather • In May 1996, a fierce tornado tore through northern Bangladesh, leaving more than 700 people dead and 30,000 injured. Winds reached speeds of 125 mph. Within 30 minutes, nearly 80 villages had been destroyed. • Impacts of the Monsoons- the monsoon winds shape the rhythms of life for South Asia’s people and also affect relations between its countries

19. China • China is the world’s oldest continuous civilization. The beginnings of that civilization extend back into the mists of prehistory. Because of China’s geography—the long distances that separated it from Europe and other continents—it followed its own direction • China has been a settled society for more than 4,000 year

20. China’s reaction to foreign control • outside control angered China, which burst forth in the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. Chinese militants attacked and killed Europeans and Chinese Christians in China. A multinational force of about 20,000 soldiers finally defeated the Boxers After the Boxer Rebellion, the Qing Dynasty, founded by the Manchus, attempted to reform the Chinese government, but it was too late

21. South east asia • China and India influenced ancient Southeast Asia. China ruled northern Vietnam from 111 B.C. to A.D. 939. Chinese art, technology, political ideas, and ethical beliefs shaped Vietnam’s culture. Hinduism and Buddhism spread from India and influenced religion and art in much of Southeast Asia. • Early Southeast Asian states didn’t have set borders. Instead, they were mandalas, states organized as rings of power around a central court

22. South east Asia cont. • The years 1300 through 1800 were important to Southeast Asia’s development. Five powerful states existed where Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Java, and the Malay Peninsula are now. Those states were similar to mandalas but were larger and more complex Large numbers of Europeans began to arrive in Southeast Asia in 1509. At that time, Europeans had little interest in setting up colonies there, except for the Spanish, who took over the Philippines. Instead, the goal of most Europeans was to obtain wealth