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Pre-Revolution US

Fall 2023

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Who were the first people to establish that the world was a sphere? the Ancient Greeks
Columbus thought the world was 18,000 miles around. What is the real circumference? about 25,000 miles
Where did the Olmec, Maya, and Aztec live? Mexico/Central America
Where did the Inca live? Peru
How did the first peoples reach the Americas according to Historians best guess? Walking across the ice bridge between Russia and Alaska
Who were the first Europeans to reach the Americas? Vikings under Leif Ericson
What is the longest river in North America the Mississippi river
What river connects the Great Lakes system to the Ocean? the St. Lawrence River
Name 3 of the 5 great lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan, Superior
What natural barrier keeps boats from travelling from the ocean to the Great Lakes? Niagara Falls
What mountain chain formed a natural western border for the 13 colonies? Appalachian Mountains
What were the first two English settlements that lasted in the New World Jamestown and Plymouth
What was the primary motivation for settling Jamestown? Economic opportunity
What was the primary motivation for settling Plymouth? Religious Freedom/Fleeing Persecution
When did Columbus make his first voyage to the Americas? Where did he land? Where did he think he had landed? 1492, the Bahamas, islands off the coast of China
Who conquered the Aztecs? Hernan Cortes
What captain's ship was the first to circumnavigate the world? Ferdinand Magellan, Spain, 1519
Who was the first European to reach India by Sea? Vasco de Gama, Portugal, 1497
Who sunk the Spanish Armada? The English under Sir Frances Drake and then a storm, in 1588
What did the treaty of Tordesillas do? Divided the New World between Spain and Portugal
Who re-started the slave trade in Europe (outlawed in Europe since the 1100s)? Portugal
What Native American Tribe lived in the what is today New Mexico? the Pueblo
What Native American Tribe lived in the what is today Tennesse/North Carolina? the Cherokee
What Native American Tribe lived in the what is today New York? the Iroquois
What Native American Tribe lived in the what is today Indiana? the Adena Hopewell
What Native American Tribe lived in the what is today Texas? the Apache
What Native American Tribe lived in the what is today Florida? the Seminole
What explorer and mapmaker explored the coast of South America and has the continents of the New World named after him? Amerigo Vespucci, Spain, 1503
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