Period 1: 1491-1607

Question 1

How did the first people get to the Americas

Answer 1

Land bridge between Siberia and Alaska

Question 2

Mayans

Answer 2

Civilization in Yucatan Peninsula between 300-800

Question 3

Aztecs

Answer 3

Civilization after the Mayans in Central America and Mexico

Question 4

Incas

Answer 4

Civilization in South America

Question 5

Main food source of Mayans and Aztecs

Answer 5

Corn/maize

Question 6

Main food source of Incas

Answer 6

Potatoes

Question 7

Was North America or South America more developed?

Answer 7

South America

Question 8

Tribes of West: Food Sources

Answer 8

Acorns, small mammals, bison, fish

Question 9

Tribes of West: Housing

Answer 9

Some wiki-ups, some permanent houses

Question 10

Tribes of Southwest: Food Sources

Answer 10

Pueblos- corn, squash, beans + Navajos/Apaches- hunting, gathering

Question 11

Tribes of Southwest: Housing

Answer 11

Stone and mud buildings with irrigation systems

Question 12

Tribes of Northeast: Food Sources

Answer 12

Corn, squash, beans, salmon, shellfish

Question 13

Tribes of Northeast: Housing

Answer 13

Mound building and longhouses

Question 14

Tribes of Southeast: Food Sources

Answer 14

Beans, corn, squash, nuts, fruit, seeds, hunting, fishing

Question 15

Tribes of Southeast: Housing

Answer 15

Mound building

Question 16

Southeast characteristics

Answer 16

Burned fields due to lack of fertilizer

Question 17

Tribes of the Plains: Food Sources

Answer 17

Corn, beans, squash, mammoths, bison

Question 18

Tribes of the Plains: Housing

Answer 18

Earth lodges and teepees

Question 19

Southwest characteristics

Answer 19

Droughts and floods, irrigation system

Question 20

Reasons for European colonization

Answer 20

Religion and economics (God, glory, gold)

Question 21

European Renaissance led to:

Answer 21

Improvements in ship building and other exploration inventions

Question 22

Islamic invaders conquered:

Answer 22

Spain

Question 23

Whose marriage reunited Spain after it was conquered by Islamic invaders?

Answer 23

Ferdinand and Isabella

Question 24

Protestant Revolution

Answer 24

revolt of some Christians that led to 2 different groups trying to spread their version of Christianity

Question 25

Why did European powers need a new trade route?

Answer 25

Ottoman Turks blocked trade routes to Africa, India, and China

Question 26

Christopher Columbus

Answer 26

Spanish explorer who "discovered" the Americas

Question 27

European perspective of Columbian Exchange

Answer 27

beans, maize, potatoes, tomatoes, syphilis

Question 28

American perspective of Columbian Exchange

Answer 28

sugar cane, pigs, horses, wheels, guns, smallpox, measles

Question 29

Political power shifted from ___ to ___

Answer 29

Landowners to wealthy merchants

Question 30

Joint Stock Companies

Answer 30

Lots of investors = less money lost per individual in case of a failed voyage

Question 31

Economic growth decreased ___ and increased ___

Answer 31

Feudalism, capitalism

Question 32

What did conquistadors send to Spain

Answer 32

Gold and silver

Question 33

Major cause of death of Aztecs and Incas

Answer 33

Diseases from Europe

Question 34

Encomienda System

Answer 34

Spanish would enslave natives and force them to labor in exchange for care and conversion

Question 35

Asiento system

Answer 35

Spanish would import Africans to replace Native American laborers and had to pay a tax to the Spanish King

Question 36

Middle Passage

Answer 36

Millions of Africans were transported to the Americans under terrible conditions

Question 37

Bartolome de Las Casas

Answer 37

Spanish priest who supported Native American Rights

Question 38

New Laws of 1542

Answer 38

Prohibited encomienda system and forced labor of natives

Question 39

Valladolid Debate

Answer 39

inconclusive debate between de Las Casas and Gines

Question 40

Juan Gines

Answer 40

thought natives were savage

Question 41

English treatment of natives:

Answer 41

At first traded, then just expelled

Question 42

French treatment of natives:

Answer 42

Set up trading posts

Question 43

Did tribes ally with Europeans?

Answer 43

In some cases yes, but often were just pushed West

Question 44

Pueblo Revolt

Answer 44

rebellion against the encomienda system