Q2 Textbook Flashcards
____ explored what is now the southeastern United States
Hernando de Soto
_____ led the first French effort to colonize the New World
Jacques Cartier
The Spanish colonies in North America failed, in part, because ____
The region lacked the gold and silver of Central and South America
A central element of John Calvin’s theology was his belief in _____
predestination
England’s split with Rome was related to ____
Henry VIII’s desire for an annual ent
The Indians adoption of horses led to ____
widespread hunting of bison
The Primary factor causing the disappearance of Mayan culture was _____
deforestation and increased warfare
Traditionally, scholars have believed that Paleo-Indians migrated from Asia into North America:
In response to global warming
By 1500, natives of North America had ____
Fought frequently with one another
True or False: The Aztecs centered their religious beliefs on the cosmic forces of nature and sacrificed human captives
True
The Aztecs had an empire of ____ city-states in ____ provinces
371
38
_____ led the original Spanish settlement of New Mexico
Juan de Oñate
The French captain Jacques Cartier most importantly explored the _____
St. Lawerence River
As a monarch, Queen Elizabeth ______
Illustrated incredible strength and effectiveness
By 1750, the French population in North America:
was vastly outnumbered by the F
True or False: The “Elizabethan Settlement” referred to the changing of the Church of England from Catholicism to an extreme puritanical form of wosrship
False
The introduction of horses to the Plains tribes:
Minimally altered the ecology of the Great Plains
At the time Europeans arrived in North America Indians, _____
Tended to worship spirits in their natural surroundings
The newest theories of the earliest migrations from Asia to Americas include:
This migration began much earlier than previously thought
The Spanish Armada:
Attempted to invade England
True or False: The first European town in the present-day United States was New Orleans.
False
True or False: The Church of England was established by gradually inter grating Calvinism with English Catholicism
True
The introduction of horses to the Plains tribes:
Replaced dogs as beasts of burden
____ founded the city of Tenochtitlan in 1325
Aztecs
By ______ Native Americans has transitioned into farming societies
5000 B.C.E.
Dutch sailers were essentially ____
Pirates
____ led the earliest exploration of Florida
Ponce de Leon
What is false about the Anasazis?
They were transformed by the arrival of horses
The New England Indians:
we’re greatly divided among themselves in disputes over land and other issues
The Pueblo Indians:
were led by the charismatic Indian leader Popé
A major reason for the defeat of the Spanish Armada was ____
storms in the North Sea
True or False: Cahokia was the largest settlement of the Mississippian people in North America
True
What is NOT true of the Algonquians?
They built mounds like the Mississippians
Spanish explorers of North America such as Narvaez, de Soto and Coronado:
Added to the knowledge of the continents interior
The presidios established by the Spaniards in the Southwest housed:
Soldiers
