chapter 1 Flashcards
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- Best-known Viking adventurer who found a new land in present-day Newfoundland, which he called Vinland
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leif ericson
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- Spanish explorer who started in Florida and traveled through the Southeast until he reached the Mississippi River
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hernando de soto
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- Spanish explorer who traveled through the Southwest in search of the legendary cities of Cibola and who saw the Grand Canyon .
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francisco coronado
4
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4 first Spaniard to explore Florida
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Juan Ponce de leon
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- French explorer who has been called the Father of New France and who built the fort which later became the city of Quebec
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Sammuel de champlain
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- English sailor who plundered Spanish ports in South America, sailed around South America and across the Pacific Ocean, and returned triumphantly to England
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Sir francis drake
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- English nobleman who organized two expeditions to Roanoke Island
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Sir Walter
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- explorer who claimed the Atlantic coast of North America for England in 1497
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John Cabot
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- The _____ is the Mesoamerican group whose name means “rubber people.
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Olmec
10
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- Tenochtitlan was the main city of the _____ civilization
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Aztec
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- The leader of the Aztecs at the time of the Spanish conquest was _____.
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montezuma
12
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- Indians in the _____ region were known as cliff dwellers because of the elaborate houses they constructed in the sides of cliffs.
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southwest
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- The Navajo, Pueblo, Apache, and Hopi are all tribes from the _____ region.
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southwest
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- Indians from the _____ region hunted caribou, whales, seals, and walruses and used whale oil for light.
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artic/ sub artic
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- The Seminole, Cherokee, and Creek Indians were all from the _____ region.
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southeast
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- The European country whose North American settlements were along the St. Lawrence and Mississippi Rivers and the Great Lakes was _____. .
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france
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- The man who helped Jamestown survive by demanding obedience, requiring every man to work, and initiating a relationship with the Indians, was _____
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john smith
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- The crop that became a profitable cash crop for the Jamestown settlers was _____.
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tobacco
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- One possible explanation of how the first people arrived in North America is that they crossed a _______________________linking Asia to Alaska.
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land bridge
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- Much of the early exploration focused on finding new routes to the ___________to obtain spices, silk, porcelain, gems, and other valuable trade goods.
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indies
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- The Virginia ____________was the first representative assembly in America and became a model for other colonies and eventually the form of America’s government.
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house of burgesses
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- The Olmec’s and Maya’s study of the sun, moon, and stars, and mathematics were used to create a
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365- day calendar
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- Spanish conquerors were called
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conquistadors
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- The term to describe Indians who were constantly on the move in the search for game and wild plants are
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nomatic
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25. The belief that all natural objects, whether living or non-living, have souls, is called
animism
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26. Columbus persuaded the Spanish monarchs ___________________to finance his voyage west to reach the Indies.
Ferdinand
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27. Founded in 1607, the first permanent English settlement in North America was_______ in the colony of Virginia.
jamestown
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28. The Indian girl who was kidnapped by the English, later married John Rolfe, traveled to England, and met King James I was
pocahontas
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29 The _____________________refers to the journey slaves made under horrible conditions from Africa to the Americas.
middle passage
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30____________________ survived a shipwreck and captivity in the early 1500s and may have been the first African in North America
estabton
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31. How did the arrival of Spanish conquistadors affect the Aztec and Incan civilizations?
through warfare and disease
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31. How did the arrival of Spanish conquistadors affect the Aztec and Incan civilizations?
through warfare and disease
