A New World- Chapter Test 1

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in what ways did native peoples transform North American environment before European colonization?

1 they had extensive trade 2 they had highly organized societies 3 their men hunted and made tools 4 their women grew crops

what are three main effects of Europe's expanding trade in the 15th century?

1 trading slaves 2 slaves worked on sugar plantation 3 Nation-States developed

what was dividing the americas like in the early explorations?

1493 Pope drew a line on the map (North, South)- line of demarcation

1492- found America October 12- Bahamas- spices, gold, mutiny, started setting branches in water

Christopher Columbus

landed in the Indies, found a new world

Columbus's legacy

what were the common cultures of Central and South America?

Guatemala, Belize, and Southern Mexico built powerful empires and developed societies, trade, and calendars on accurate scientific observations

what is the significance of the difference between Central/South America and North America

North America hunted, grew crops and made tools, South America traded and created highly organized. Central America was more sophisticated

identify the key difference between Viking voyages of the 12th century to that of Colubus in the 15th century

Vikings had visited North America but their voyages had no lasting impact Columbus had several ideas that made exploration possible

why is the United States population in modern times only 2 to 3% American Indian

because most were killed off by diseases from England- slavery

what were the Spanish Exploration and Conquest like in the early explorations

conquistadors found tons of gold/silver

what were the exchanges of early exploration

diseases, plants, animals, cattle, and goods

what were the new routes of expanding trade like?

finding a new way to Asian trade, Vasco de Gama reached India by going South and East at the time, Columbus also tried but ended up somewhere else

what were the improvements in technology

gunpowder, and Renaissance shipbuilding

how did new technology enable Christopher Columbus to dominate the "New World"?

it helped him go back and forth several times from his paid voyages

explain why 1607 is a major turning point in United States history

it marked the many first of new colonies

what were the cultures of the southwest settlements like

it was a dry region, and they had irrigation systems

what was the language like?

more than 20 language families learned is over distinct languages

what was the African resistance like in expanding trade?

runaways, sabotaged work, they maintained a speck of their culture through music, religion and folkways

what were the cultures of North America?

semi-permanent settlement groups, man made tools and hunted, women gathered plants, nuts, or they grew crops like corn, beans and tobacco

identify one key similarity/difference between societies that developed in Central and South America to those that developed in North America

similarity- both had their own ways to survive- maize cultivation difference- North American societies were smaller and unsophisticated

how was developing Nation-States like in expanding trade like?

small kingdoms united into larger ones, easier moves of empires monarchs used their power to spread religion and search for riches

what was the slave trading like in expanding trade?

the Portuguese traded things for slaves from West Africa- they worked in the Americas too

what were some of the religious conflicts

the Roman Catholic Church was threatened by Ottoman Turks who were followers of Islam they revolted against the pope's authorities

what was the impact of the Catholic victory in Spain and the European Reformation on North America?

the launching of Columbus's first voyage gave hope and power for Europeans

what were the cultures of the northeast settlements like

they hunted farmed, moved to the East (Atlantic seaboard) and lived in longhouses

what were the cultures of the midwest settlements like

they hunted, fished, agriculture, and they had permanent settlements

what were the english claims like in early expeditions?

they were along the Atlantic seaboard- Queen Elizabeth

what were the cultures of the atlantic seaboard settlements like

they were coastal, fished and they were descendants of the Woodlands

what were the cultures of the great plains like

they were hunters, they farmed, made tools, clothing from buffalo and grew crops

what were the cultures of the northwest settlements like

they were on the Pacific Coast, hunted, fished, gathered berries and they had totem poles

what effect was most significant of Europe's expanding trade

trading for slaves because it all began there, without them they wouldn't have Nation-States developed


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