History Flashcards
What is Pangaea?
When everything was connected in a super continent
What was found dated before 1600’s?
Different cultures and societies.
Beringia
Now known as the Bering sea was once a land bridge that connected Siberia and Alaska
What happened during the warming period?
People relied more on crops and agh culture and became denser compilations.
What kind of things happened during the Mississippian civilisation in 1050?
Had a big cultural influence
Built the city of Cahokia
Women were used as slaves and sacrifices
What game did the Mississippians use to gamble and solve political problems?
Chunky
how did the “little ice age” have an effect on Europe?
Caused the Black Death and wiped out cities
What did the crusades accomplish?
They took back the holy lands from Muslims
What was the “Adelantados”? And who authorised it in 1402?
Men the Spanish king had organise raids and feuds on the Canary Islands
When did Cahokia began to fall?
1300’s during the little ice age
What was the “encomienda”?
It allowed Indians to stay on their land but had to work and make export goods.
What was the “Columbian exchange”?
As spaniards warred, they found new people, ideas, and goods
In 1517 what was the challenge made by priest Martian Luther who wrote “ninety five theses”?
Protestant Reformation
It was calling of reformation and the end to selling indulgences
La Caroline
A French settlement that incited the Spanish to colonize Florida
Vascular Núñez de Balboa
Crossed the isthmus at Panama and found a large continent between Europe and Asia
