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8th Geography ch. 2

TermDefinition
Migrated move from one place to another
Pangea a land bridge after the flood
environment a lands physical surroundings (water, animals, plants...)
natural resources materials found in nature (water, vegetation, minerals...)
culture people's identity and way of life (food, music, sports, religion...)
cultural regions similar culture
tundra cold climate zone with no trees
Igloos cold shelters
adobes sun-baked brick homes
pueblos stone villages
Christopher Columbus in 1942, sailed the ocean blue
New World Christopher Columbus found it
Columbian Exchange most interactions have good/bad
good crops from Europe (horses, corn, potatoes, squash)
bad diseases (bad immunity) and slavery to America
Conquistadors soldiers sent to secure victory in war
Hernan Cortes and the Aztecs
presidios fortifications
missionaries those who spread the Gospel
Northwest passage thru the continent
Samuel Champlain started the first settlement
Marquette and Joliet word of God is spread
Father Marquette and Louis Joliet went up and down the Mississippi and here in Michigan
Croatoan an indian tribe
1607 more than 100 people settled in Jamestown, Virginia
Jamestown first permanent English settlement in North America
John Smith promoted work and merit
Henry Hudson he helped the Dutch settle in New Amsterdam (New York)
Peter Stuyvesant not a pirate, has a peg for a leg, cannonball ripped through his leg
Peter Stuyvesant's nickname "Old SilverNails"
collision of cultures abrupt meeting of two or more distinct societies
Created by: St.Lorenz
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