Unit 1 Flashcards
What did George Santayana say about people who cannot remember the past?
They are condemned to repeat it
In what four ways has America expanded?
Geographically, culturally, intellectually, and in terms of personal rights
What are some of the prices that have been paid for America expansion?
The shameful treatment of Native Americans and slaves
What is ethnocentricity?
It is the tendency of many people in which they believe that whatever their culture is is the only right way and that everyone else’s way of life is considered wrong
What does the phrase “the fabric of history” mean?
That history is connected to the present and will influence what will happen in the future
What does learning from the patterns of history help us do?
Understand and live well in today’s world
In the English village of Notgrove in 1491, was the emphasis on change or continuity?
Continuity
What term that means rebirth is given to the period of change, examination, exploration, and artistic expression that followed the Middle Ages?
The Renaissance
How did the Crusades affect Europe?
It introduced the Europeans to the geography, cultures, and riches of the East
How did the people we call Native American get to the western hemisphere?
They walked across the Bering Strait from Asia to Alaska, either on ice or on a land bridge which no longer exists
What civilization emerged in what is now Mexico about 1300 AD?
The Aztecs
The rulers of what country sponsored Christopher Columbus?
The rulers of Spain
What two miscalculations did Columbus make in planning his first voyage?
He thought the earth was smaller than what it really was, and he did not know about any additional land masses between Europe and the Far East
What was the name of the line that divvied out the land between Spain and Portugal?
The line of demarcation
Whose crew sailed around the world?
Ferdinand Magellan’s
