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US History 111

Chapter 1

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People first arrived in North America closest to 25000 BCE
The first Americans most likely arrived in the New World from Asia by way of a land bridge
The European who explored North America around 1000 was Leif Ericsson
The Maya Indians populated the area of Central America
The Portuguese prince who promoted overseas trade in the fifteenth century was Henry
The part of South America claimed by the Portuguese in 1500 was Brazil
Tikal was a great city of the Maya
The great city that existed along the Mississippi River in the years prior to the arrival of the Europeans was Cahokia
Historians call the religious wars that swept across Europe from 1095 to about 1290 the Crusades
Vasco da Gama's significance is that he established a Portuguese sea route to India
Meso-America refers to Mexico and Central America
The people that built large stone heads along the east coast of Mexico around 1200 were the Olmecs
Marco Polo developed important trade with Asia
The African slave trade was started by Africans
When Columbus sailed in 1492 he established the first permanent European colony in the Americas
The pope divided the world in the Treaty of Tordesillas between Portugal and Spain
Christopher Columbus sailed to America for Spain
The first expedition to circumnavigate the globe began under Ferdinand Magellan
The Spice Islands refer to the eastern Indian Ocean
Christopher Columbus set foot on each of the following locations except North America
The Americas got their name from an Italian banker and merchant
Mammoths were the large animals hunted by early Americans
The Aztecs descended from people called the Chichimecs
The founder of the Muslim religion was Mohammed
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