The Story of Land Flashcards
Bering Strait
People crossed here during an ice age
Native Americans
Indigenes
Indigene
people who come from the local area
95% of Indigenes were eradicated after contact with Europeans because of?
Warfare Biological Warfare (contact with old world diseases)
Mostly relied on crop based farming instead of livestock. What were they?
Corn, Squash and Beans
Spain invaded the Aztecs
this introduced horses to North America
Bison
buffalo
Push Factors for Europeans leaving Europe
Geography is unpleasant
Social Structures are locked in
Saving the world by spreading your religion
Pull Factors for Europeans coming into America
Guaranteed chances to grow food
free yourself from poverty
Catholics were already in the new world and the protestants didn’t agree with their beliefs.
Who did Jamestown belong to?
British
Introduction of Western Goods
Gunpowder, Whiskey and Corn (other grains)
Who were the two countries fighting in the American war of Independence?
British and America
Who did the Natives join?
The Native Americans joined the side of whoever promised them the most.
What were the two ways Natives sealed with treaties?
The path of peace (BlackKettle)
The path of war: Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull