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migrate

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to move from one place and establish home in a new place

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environment

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all of the physical surroundings in a place, including land, water, animals, plants and climate

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culture

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a persons way of living including beliefs,customs,foods and clothing

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culture region

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an area in which a group of people share a similar culture and language

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adapted

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to change

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cultivate

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to farm

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natural resources

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useful materials found in nature, including water, vegetation, animals, and minerals

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How did the first American arrive in North and South America

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They migrated on foot from Siberia in Asia to present day Alaska over a land bridge across the Bering Strait

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why did the native americans come

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They were following food (mammoths)

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when did the native americans come

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30,000 years ago

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how did native americans adapt to the environment

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they adapted to there environment by using the resources around them

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What factors led to the Native Americans building certain kinds of housing, eating certain kinds of food, making certain kinds of clothing?

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It depended on what natural resources they had and what type of life they lived

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Explain how the religion/beliefs of Native Americans connect to nature.

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native americans believe that all things had a spirit and that everything on this Earth served a purpose living and non living

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old world

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europe

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new world

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north and south america

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slavery

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The treatment of people as property for the purpose of forcing them to labor.

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conquistadors

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Spanish soldier-explorers, especially those who conquered the native peoples of Mexico and Peru.

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age of discovery

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1400s-1600s

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which countries were involved in the age of exploration

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spain,france,england, netherlands and portugal

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What were the effects of the Age of Exploration?

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The New World would be explored and conquered.
Death of native americans

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reasons for exploration

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gold,god,glory

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gold

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Europeans wanted to get rich through natural resources in foreign lands

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god

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Europeans wanted to spread Christianity to
non-Christian parts of the world, they wanted everyone to be catholic

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glory

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Kings/monarchs in different European nations were
in competition with each other.

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risks of exploration

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They could get scurvy if they did not have enough vitamin C.
They could get lost if the sky was not clear and they did not have a compass.
They could get attacked by pirates.

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Christopher Columbus

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was trying to find the shortest route to asia. When he got to north america he thought he found the indies. he conquered the land for spain

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Juan Ponce de León

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First Europeans to explore Florida

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Jacques Cartier

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He claimed Canada for France. He mapped and established the area on the St. Lawrence River

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Sailing around the world. He and his crew found a waterway through South America and sailed to Asia and back to Europe. He unfortunately died in Asia

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Hernán Cortés

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Conquered the Aztecs in present day Mexico

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Francisco Pizarro

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Conquered Peru

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lateen sail

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triangular sail that was very important to medieval navigation.

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magnetic compass

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an instrument for determining direction on the surface of Earth by means of a magnetic pointer that aligns

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carave

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a small, fast Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship of the 15th–17th centuries

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What was the Columbian Exchange?

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The transfer of people, plants, animals, and diseases back and forth across the Atlantic Ocean

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What were the positive effects of the Columbian Exchange on Europeans?

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It brought valuable items like new crops, improved the diet, new opportunities

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What were the negative effects of the Columbian Exchange on Native Americans?

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Diseases, no immunity killed 90 percent of NA’s

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