History Test: Historical thinking through American Revolution Flashcards
Don't die
A source from the time of the event
Primary Source
A source by someone who heard about, read about, or studied the event
Secondary Source
Looking at the past through the lens of the present
Presentism
The way a person thinks something happened
Point of View/Perspective
Why do we question things?
To better understand what happened
Favoring one thing, person, or group
Bias
Sourcing (questions you ask when sourcing a document)
Who wrote it, where, when, why, and what is their perspective?
To place or study in context
Contextualization
When multiple sources claim the same thing
Corroboration
Reading carefully to understand its reading
Close reading
Inca
1430s-1532
Built Machu Pichu
Peru/west coast of South America
Maya
Advanced civilization
Astronomy and math
Yucatan Peninsula
Disappeared
Aztec
Built Tenochtitlan (Mexico City)
Religious Sacrifices
Eastern Woodland tribes
Iroquois – influenced democracy
Cherokee
No horses until Spanish arrived
Cahokia
Agricultural (3 sisters)
Government Structure
Great Plains Tribes
Nomadic – followed Bison
No horses until Spanish arrived
Hohokam
Canals in Pheonix
Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloans
Sophisticated dwellings
Fall of Constantinople/Impact to Silk Road
1453
Silk Road closed
Ottomans taxed goods
Reasons for Exploration
God
Glory
Gold
Columbus
1492
Sails for Spain to find Indies & sails West
Opened Gates for exploration West
Biological Exchange
plants (Americans – Corn)
Animals (Horses)
DISEASE
Pizzaro
Conquered Inca (1532-1534)
Cortes
1521 – Cortes conquers Aztecs