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Ch.1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| strong ties among family members | kinship |
| established thriving empire in Mexico | Aztec |
| Movement to reform the Catholic church | Reformation |
| Genoese sailor and early explorer of America | Christopher Columbus |
| one of the mound builder peoples | Hopewell |
| global transfer of goods | Columbian Exchange |
| descendants of the Anasazi | Pueblo |
| religion founded by the prophet Muhammad | Islam |
| What is Colonization? | The establishment of distant settlements controlled by the parent country . |
| What are the Crusades? | A series of military expeditions by the Europeans to gain control of holy lands in the Middle East |
| When were the Crusades? | 1096 |
| Who signed the Treaty of Tordesillas in which they agreed to divide the Western Hemisphere between them? | Spain and Portugal |
| Who were the prominent Native American group that inhabited the Northwestern region of what is now the US? | Iroquois |
| The development of what helped put and end to the nomadic way of life? | agriculture |
| What water way separated northern Asia from Alaska? | The Bering Strait |
| The land bridge between Asia and Alaska is called what? | Beringia |
| This group of native people thrived in rain forest and created massive structures | Olmec |
| This group of native people built dynamic culture in Guatemala and Yucatah | Maya |
| This group of native people built the city of Tenochtitlan | Aztec |
| This group of Native Americans thrived in Great Lakes region and built pyramidal mounds | Mississippian |
| What caused the Anasazi to leave their area? | Droughts and challenge of new groups |
| In which region did the Pawnee live? | Plains |
| Name two tribes that probably traded with the Cherokee | Tuscarora, Creek, Seminole, Powhatan, Susquehanna, Delaware, Wampanoag, Pequot, Narragansett, Iroquois |
| What tribes inhabited the area that became California? | Kato, Pomo, Chumash |
| The Native American group that relied most heavily on the sea was the ___________________. | Kwakiutl |
| The Native American group that thrived in the harsh conditions of the American Southwest was the ________________. | Pueblo |
| The Eastern Woodlands was home to the _____________________. | Iroquois |
| Native Americans considered many things commodities to be sold except what? | Land |
| The Kashaya Pomo lived in what is now the state of _________? | California |
| Among the Hopi and Iroquous the household items were owned by the ____________? | women |
| Christopher Columbus and his crew reached the Americas in what year? | 1492 |
| Columbus had embarked on his journey for what reason? | to find gold; to claim land; to spread Christianity |
| The number of Africans drained from the Atlantic slave trade, carried on between the 1500s and the 1800s was about ________. | 12 million |
| A "New World" item that made its way to Europe as part of the Columbian Exchange was ______. | corn |
| The native people whom Columbus met first and who would later rebel against his rule were the _____. | Taino |
| Leif Erikson day is celebrated on _________________. | Oct. 9 |
| What were the names of Columbus' ships | Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria |
| What may have saved Columbus' life | a lunar eclipse |
| How many voyages did Columbus make to the Americas | 4 |
| Did Columbus ever set foot in what is now the United States? | No |
| Important aspects of Kwakiutl culture include... | totems, fishing, potlatches |
| Which region of the present-day United States is the native home of the Pueblo? | the southwest |
| The native environment of the Iroquois consisted of | woodlands |
| In the late 1400s, a West African might be enslaved and sent to the island of Principe or São Tomé to work on a Portuguese ___. | plantations |
| In the 1400s, the forest kingdom of ___ dominated a large region around the Niger Delta. Leading the expansion was a forceful oba (ruler) named Ewuare. | Benin |
| State that got its name from the Cherokee villages located there | Tennessee |
| A name originally given to Native Americans that is now controversial | redskins |
| State that got its name from the Chippewa word meaning “large water” | Michigan |
| State that got its name from an Indian word meaning “beautiful water” | Oregon |
| Alqonquin word that means “garlic field” | Chicago |
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