History Flashcards
American History Topics
First People In America ?
Nomadic Hunter Gatherers
When a group Moves from one place to another
Migration
Bering Land Bridge
In Alaska. Now Beringia. People crossed from Asia into America.
Ice Age
Earth was covered with Ice and snow. Oceans were frozen
First American Civilization
OLMEC in MesoAmerica
First American Civilzation
Maya Civilisation in Mesoamerica
Theocracy
Rule by God. Priests are in charge
Aztecs
Warriors. Now in Mexico.
Oh My America’s Interesting
Olmec, Maya, Aztec, Inca
Native Americans
Settled in Four Corners
Four Corners
The place where utah, colorado, arizona and New mexico meet
Anasazi
First Native American
Inuits
Lived in Igloos
Renaissance
In Europe when technology and knowledge grew
Magnetic compass and astrolabes
GPS in for sailors. 1400 B.C
Marco Polo
Silk, spices, scents, stones
Prince Henry the Navigator
School of navigation in Portugal
African Slave Trade
Mainly by Europeans and Arabs
1497
Vasco De Gama sailed to Cape of Good Hope in search for sea route to India.
1492
Christropher Columbus discovered America. He landed in “San Salvador” in Bahamas.
Christopher Columbus
Thought he discovered India. So he named islands WestIndies and Americans as American Indians.