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Unit 1: Exploration
Unit 1: Exploration & Colonization
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This man was looking for a shortcut to the Indies by sailing west | C. Columbus |
| This religion was created in Arabia in 622AD | Islam |
| The MAYA were | People who flourished in the Yucatan and Guatemala |
| The INCA | lived along a 2,500 mile long stretch of South America |
| This powerful empire who settled in the Valley of Mexico | Aztec |
| The Hohokam | Settled in the area of ARIZONA |
| The Adena | were mound builders in the Ohio Valley |
| The Hopewell | settled in Ohio- AFTER the Adena |
| The Mississippians | They were the most complex of mound builder societies, settling in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys |
| Kashaya Pomo | The Native American people who settled in the coastal MARSHLANDS of what is now CALIFORNIA |
| Kwakiutl | The settled in the NORTHWESTERN coastal areas |
| Pueblo | Native American people who were descendants of the Anasazi, and lived in the DESERTS of the SOUTHWEST |
| Ojibwe | Group of Native American who inhabited the woodlands of the NORTHEAST |
| Plantation | A large farm that often used slaves and other workers to grow a single cash crop like cotton, tobacco, rice. |
| Division of Labor | the assignment of differing tasks and responsibilities to differing groups or individuals |
| Olmec | Native people who flourished in what is now southern MEXICO |
| Kinship | the ties between members of a family |
| Songhai | Empire that controlled much of west Africa, especially at its height in the 1500's |
| Savanna | Dry grasslands with trees and bushes found in sub Saharan Africa |
| Benin | WEST AFRICAN kingdom along the Niger Delta region, in what is now Nigeria |
| Kongo | A group of SMALL kingdoms on the Zaire River in West- central Africa with ONE RULER |
| Lineage | Group of people descended from a common ancestor |
| Prince Henry the Navigator | Portuguese man who set up navigations courts in order to help find a shortcut to the Indies |
| Renaissance | Time of REBIRTH in interest in the arts, learning and views of the world |
| Hierarchy | Social ordering by rank or class |
| Nuclear Family | Included mom, dad, the the children |
| Crusades | the Christian military expeditions in the Middle East trying to push the Muslims from the Holy Land |
| Reformation | Religious movement wanting REFORM in the Roman Catholic Church- leading to Protestantism |
| Nomads | People who move from place to place in search of food |
| the Anasazi | lived in the four corners area of the SOUTRHWEST and lived on MESA TOPS, CLIFF SIDES, and CANYON BOTTOMS |
| Colonization | Setting up of settlements by a parent colony |
| Columbian Exchange | Transferred plants, animals and disease east into the Western Hemisphere |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | Created by the Pope to split territory explored between the Spanish and the Portuguese |
| Taino | These are the people Columbus called "Indians" when he arrived in the Caribbean |
| Magellan | Explored who tried to sail around the world, but was killed in the Philippines |
| Sir Francis Drake | He was trying to find a route around the whole of North America. It was too cold, so he kept on sailing west act actually made it around the world. |
| Balboa | This explorer was the first to see the vast Pacific Ocean |
| Cabot | Sailed straight west and found a shortcut to the shortcut that Columbus had found. Given the title of "The Great Admiral," even though he and his crew died somewhere at sea. |
| Hudson | Set sail to find the Northwest passage and would get lost in the Bay that is named after him. Also tried to find the Northeast passage around Europe and Asia, with no luck. |
| Cartier | French explorer who went in search of the Northwest Passage, but claims the St Lawrence River area for New France. |
| New England Colonies | The soil wasn't good for growing Boston was the shipping hub here: Jobs like ship building, whaling, and fishing happened here: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire |
| Middle Colonies | Food crops, like RYE, OATS and WHEAT were grown here: The colonies that were the MOST diverse were here: New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware |
| Southern Colonies | Most large plantations existed here Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Maryland were: Most slavery happened here: Cash crops, like tobacco, rice and cotton were grown here: |
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