Question | Answer |
How did the first Americans arrive in the Americas? | They crossed the Bering land bridge from Russia into Alaska. |
Why did the first Americans come into America? | They came here because of curiosity, were chasing game, |
Which continent did the first Americans come from? | Asia |
Who were the Native American people? | They were people that were alive probably right after the time of the Ice Age and traveled the continental bridge between Russia and Alaska to get to the Americas. |
When did they get here? | They got here around 10,000 B.C. |
Which tribe used buffalo as a main source of food? | The Hopi |
Which tribe relied heavily on the whale? | The Makah |
Which tribe was from mexico and had an empire in Central America? | The Aztec |
Which tribe was from the southeast and built their houses on mounds? | The Creek |
Which tribe had to farm in dry conditions, but used the hot sun to bake their adobe houses? | The Mandan |
Which tribe lived in the Northeast, built Longhouses, created a constitution? | The Iriquois |
2 ways the Iriqous constitution was similar to the US one | Have a group representing the people. Gives people the right to vote. Gives government the right to make a person not from that place a citizen. |
What was the population of Native Americans living in North America before 1492? | 10 million |
What were the 5 European countries that explored the New World? | Spain, Portugal, France, Holland, England |
What are the 4G's and what do they stand for? | Gold, God, Glory, Grades |
What are 3 characteristics of North America that attracted settlers? | Good soil, Dense forests, Vast river valleys |
What are 2 reasons why Europeans wanted western exploration? | To bypass the Muslims that owned the silk road to Asia. Wanted a shorter route to Asia. |
What is one reason why African kings participated in the slave trade? | They got goods for giving up people that weren't important to their country. |
What were the names of the explorers and what did they accomplish? | Erikson
-First to find the new world long before any other explorer thought of journeying there
Columbus
-First person in written history to find new world and announce it to the old world
Vespucci
-First to produce an accurate map of the world |
What was Columbus's goal for going west? | He wanted to find a way to Asia |
What was the date Columbus's most famous voyage? | October 12, 1492 |
Where did Columbus believe he was at the end of his voyage? | The East Indies |
What area of the America's did Spain conquer? | Most of South America, and Central America, and lower USA, and the Carribian |
What area of the America's did France conquer? | Canada |
What area of the America's did Netherlands conquer? | NY,NJ, |
What area of the America's did England conquer? | The East coast of America |
What area of the America's did Portugal conquer? | Brazil |
What came to the old world form the Colombian exchange? | Squash, Pumpkins, Turkeys, Peanuts, Potatoes, Tomatoes, Corn, Peppers, Tobacco, Pineapples, Cacao, Beans, Vanilla, Sweet Potatoes, |
What came to New World from the Colombian exchange? | Honey Bees, Sugar cane, Bananas, Grapes, Citrus fruits, Onions, Olives, Turnips, Coffee Beans, Peaches, Pears, Grains, Livestock, Disease, Guns, Slaves, |
What was the Encomienda system? | The Encomienda system was the system that the Spanish would tax local Native Americans or make them work for them so that the Spanish would give them charity and protection. |
What was the impact of disease? | It killed of many, many Native Americans, and had a devastating blow on the population. |
Who is Bartolome de Las Casas? | He was a Spanish conquistador that turned into a priest against the Spanish's cruelty towards the Native Americans. |
What were some positive effects of the Age of Exploration? | The Old and the New World came together.
Lots of trade could happen between the two worlds.
Cultures mixed. |
What are some negative effects of the Age of Exploration? | Lots of people were killed in the meeting of the two worlds.
Diseases were spread form the Old World to the new. |
Your Done | YAY |