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APUSH PERIOD 1: BOOK
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Question | Answer |
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What was the Bering Sea Land Bridge? | land bridge, exposed during Ice Age when sea levels dropped, that connected North America to Europe and Asia, allowing people to enter the continent |
When was the Bering Sea Land Bridge covered up? | when the Ice Age ended ( |
What were the different cultures in Peru, Central America, and Mexico? | Peru: Incas Central America: Mayans Mexico: Aztecs |
What did corn planting do once it reached North America (Native American tribes) | turn nomadic hunting groups into sedentary agricultural villages (slowly) |
What is three sister farming | growing corn with beans growing on the cornstalk and squash in the soil |
What was the Iroquois Confederacy? | military alliance between Cayugas, Mohawks, Oneidas, Onodagas, and Seneca to threaten neighbor tribes (lasted for over a century) |
What is matrilineal culture? | women have more important authority and power and possessions are passed down the female side of the family |
What did Native Americans believe in? | animism (belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence/views all things as animated and alive) |
Who came upon America before the Europeans? | Scandinavians/Vikings (thought they were in Northern Canada, used it for trade and never came back) |
Where did Columbus think he was when he landed in the Bahamas? | India (called Native Americans Indians due to this) |
What foods were exchanged to the Old New from the New World? | squash, tomatoes, corn,beans, potatoes, pumpkin, tabacco |
What was exchanged to the New World from the Old World? | diseases, horses, pigs, sheep, cattle, wheat, rice, peaches, coffee, onion, olive, and sugar cane |