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History
Chapter 2 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How did early Americans reach the Americas? | Crossed a land bridge. |
| Why were the Native Americans isolated from the rest of the world before the 1400s? | The land bridge melted. |
| How did the Pueblo adapt to their environment? | Irrigation. Built mud-brick, multi-storied houses under steep cliffs. |
| What 2 kingdoms dominated central Africa by the late 1400s? | Kongo and Ndongo. |
| What geographic feature covers most of Northern Africa? | Sahara Desert. |
| Why did some African kings in the 1400s capture their enemy rather then kill them? | The people could be used as slaves. |
| How were war, disease, and famine affecting Europe in the early 1300s? | Killing off the population, spread disease. |
| What 2 major events in Europe affected European culture in the early 1300s? Why? | Renaissance and Reformation. Major cultural boom. People expressed themselves. Questioned Christianity. Searched for religious freedom. |
| What invention influenced many Europeans to read and develop agreater curiosity of the world? | Printing press. Invented by Johannes Gutenburg. |
| Where did Columbus and crew land? Which part of the Americas did they set foot on? | The Caribbean Islands. San Salvador. They never set foot on North America. |
| What did Vasco da Gama discover in 1498? | An all water route to Asia. |
| Who was the Spanish leader who conquered the Aztec empire? | Hernan Cortez. |
| What contributed to the fall of the Aztec and Inca empires? | The states didn't work together; and the technology wasn't as good. War,diease. Spanish used Native American alliances to weaken the empires. |
| Name 3 explorers that were searching fr the Northwest Passage. | John Cabot;Henry Hudson;Jacques Cartier |
| Why did Vazquez de Coronado and Hernando de Soto explore the southwest? | To try to find gold. |
| What was the significance of the defeat of the Spanish Armada? | England could remain Protestant, and the world saw that Spain could be beaten. |
| How did Spain govern its American Empire? | They divided the land into 2 viceroyalties. |
| How long did the slave trade last in the Americas? | Until the late 1800s. About 400 years. |
| Why were the African slaves better then Native American slaves for the Spanish and Portuguese? | They were immune to most European diseases, had no friends or family in the Americas to help them, permanent source of slavery, many had worked on farms back in Africa. |
| What were some of the negative effects of the Columbian Exchange on the Native Americans? | It brought new diseases they weren't immune to. Many people died. |
| Middle Passage | Middle leg of the Triangular Trade. |
| Columbian Exchange | Trade between Western and Eastern Hemisphere. |
| Racism | Belief that some people are inferior because of race. |
| Mercantilism | Economic system. |
| Spanish Armada | Large fleet of ships. |
| Hernan Cortez | Leading conquistador. |
| Vasco da Gama | Portuguese explorer. |
| Vazquez de Coronado | Explored the southwest. |
| Hernando de Soto | Explored the southeast. |
| Christopher Columbus | Discovered the Americas. |
| What was traded from Caribbean to England in Triangular Trade? | Sugar |
| England to West Africa? | Textiles, guns. |
| West Africa to Caribbean? | Slaves. |
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