Chapter 1- Three Discoveries of America Flashcards
Period during which Asian wanderers crossed a land bridge into North America
Ice Age
Term that means special characteristics of a group of people,such as their values,patterns of behavior,language,and products
Culture
Ability to look at past events from the outside,keeping in mind what people of the day did and did not know
Historical Imagination
Sailor,who according to sagas,was the first European to set foot on North America
Leif Erickson
Period when explorers searched for better trade routes to the Orient
Age of Discovery
Conquistador who conquered the Incas for Spain
Francisco Pizzaro
Broad statements that are true most of the time and help us to explain history
Generalizations
Sailor who convinced the Spanish queen that he could reach China and the Indies by sailing west
Christopher Columbus
Period of rapid change and growth in Europe’s economy due to increased trade and manufacturing
Commercial Revolution
Sailor whose crew became the first the first to circumnavigate the globe
Ferdinand Megellan
Who were the first Americans came to America
Asians
“Your Majesty,sailing west to trade with Asia is dangerous,expensive,and impractical!” Who said this?
El Cano
What was not a motive for the conquistadors?
To study the cultures of the first Americans
Why did Spain’s Golden Age end?
Spain failed to develop its own economy
Why are archeologists important in helping historians learn about the first Americans?
Because the first Americans did not leave written records
