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1
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Earth’s continent took their positions slowly

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They used to all be one giant mass-continent

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2
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Shifting caused

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Mountain ranges to form

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3
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2 million years ago, a chill covered planet began the

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Great Ice Age

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4
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When glaciers melted, they

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Scraped away topsoil and lakes were formed

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5
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As the sea level dropped, it exposed

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Land bridge connecting with Eurasia with North America in the Bering Sea

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6
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Across the bridge, following herds ventured

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Nomadic Asian hunters

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7
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Nomadic Asian hunters spread to

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All parts of America in over 2,000 years

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8
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____ growing helped the population grow and quickly became a staple crop

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Corn

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9
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Corn began to transform nomadic hunting bands into

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Settled agricultural villagers

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10
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Three sister farming

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Maize, Beans, and Squash

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Corn cultivation also reached

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The Mound Builders of the Ohio River Valley, the Mississippian culture of the lower Midwest and desert dwelling Anasazi people of the southwest

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12
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However, all those ancient culture fell into decline by

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1300 c.e.

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13
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The Iroquois was created in the

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Sixteenth century

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14
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The Natives people of North America lived in

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Small, scattered, and impermanent settlements

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15
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In more settled agricultural groups..

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Women tended the crops while men hunted, fished, gathered fuel, and cleared fields for planting

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16
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The Native Americans had no desire to

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Manipulate nature aggressively

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17
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Who were the first to encounter the continent of North America?

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The Scandinavians

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18
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How did the Scandinavians become forgotten?

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Since they weren’t looking to expand or settle they lost the new settlements

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19
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Where was America not forgotten?

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Songs and stories

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20
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Who ranked high among America’s indirect discoverers?

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Christian crusaders

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21
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Looking to expand their beliefs to Asia they acquired

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Taste for foreign goods

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22
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Why did they start looking for alternate ways to transport items from Asia to Europe?

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The expense was so much

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23
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Who inspired Europeans to look for cheaper ways to get desirable goods?

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Marco Polo’s travels

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24
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What did Europeans invent to help them travel more?

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Ship-Caravels

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25
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What did Europeans discover to take them home easier?

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Trade winds

26
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Who was the first to travel to Southern Africa?

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The Portuguese

27
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The Portuguese set up what?

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Tradings posts for gold and slaves

28
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What became a big business?

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Slave trading

29
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The seafaring of this group pushed farther to search of the water route to Asia

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Portuguese

30
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Who rounded the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488?

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Bartolomeu Dias

31
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Who reached India ten years later?

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Vasco da Gama

32
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What did Spain want to reach?

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Wealth and discovery

33
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What was Spain ready for?

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Power and riches

34
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What renaissance in the fourteenth century nurture optimism and adventure?

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The dawn of the Renaissance

35
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What did the Spanish monarchs give to Columbus?

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Three tiny but seaworthy ships

36
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What did Christopher Columbus bump into?

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An enormous land barrier blocking the ocean pathway

37
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Columbus was sure that he reached the Indies and called the natives

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Indians

38
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What four continents would join?

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Europe, Africa, and the two Americas

39
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For who after 1492 would the world never be the same?

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Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans

40
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What new plants revolutionized the economy in the New World?

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Tobacco, maize, beans, tomatoes and potato

41
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What did the Europeans exchange from the Old World to the New World?

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Crops and animals

42
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What unfortunate thing did Europeans bring to the New World?

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Dirt on their boots and dust on their clothes including diseases

43
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What took the biggest toll on the Natives?

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Microbes

44
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What diseases did the Europeans bring?

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Smallpox, yellow fever, and malaria

45
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What treaty established the New World between Portugal and Spain?

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The Treaty of Tordesillas

46
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What did explorers thrist for?

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Riches

47
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Who did the explorers conquer?

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People from North and South America

48
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How did the Europeans subdue the Natives?

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The Encomienda system or slavery

49
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When and who set sail from Cuba with men and horses?

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1519 Herman Cortes

50
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Who did he pick up along the way?

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A Spanish prisoner of Mayan-speaking Indians and an Indian slave named Malinche

51
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What intention did the Spaniards have?

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To steal all the gold and riches

52
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Who did the Moctezuma, the Aztec ruler believe that Cortes was the god of?

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Quetzalcoatl

53
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How drastic the Indian population change in less than a century?

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From 20 million to 2 million

54
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What did the invader bring?

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Crops, animals, laws and language

55
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What rebellion did the Natives launch?

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Popes Rebellion

56
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What did the Natives do in the Popes Rebellion?

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Burned down churches and killed priests

57
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How long did it take for the Spanish to reclaim New Mexico?

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Half a century

58
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The Spaniards were..

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Builders and cultural innovators

59
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What did they eventually do the Spanish and the Natives?

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Intermarried and mixed their culture

60
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The Spanish set the foundation for what?

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Spanish-speaking nations

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