Unit 1 Flashcards
What is the name of the land bridge most historians thing connected North America to the Europeans continents?
Bering Sea Bridge
Spanish soldiers; means “conqueror”
Conquistadors
The trade route taken by many of the slave ships from West Africa
The Middle Passage
A powerful spiritual revival that swept through the colonies beginning in the 1720s.
The Great Awakening
What is the Ice Bridge Theory?
The theory that the ancestors of American Indians entered the Western Hemisphere by crossing the Bering Strait on foot over a bridge of ice.
What were the 3 major pre-colonial civilizations in the Americas?
Mayans; Aztecs; Incas
What were some reasons there was a drastic reduction in the native population when the Europeans showed up?
1) disease introduced
2) harsh treatment by the Spanish
3) rise of tribal warfare
4) sharp decline of Indian birthrates
What was the name of the agreement between Spain and Portugal that defined how each nation could explore and claim land?
The Treaty of Tordesillas
Which country was Spain’s primary competitor in the early colonial period?
Portugal
What time period saw mercantilism?
16th to the 18th centuries
What drove the Spanish Conquistadors in their exploration of the New World?
Wealth, riches and gold
Who founded Rhode Island?
Roger Williams
What was unique about the way Rhode Island was founded?
Roger Williams purchased the land from the Narragansett Indians.
Why did the middle and southern colonies lag behind in schooling?
Families lived more scattered apart in isolated areas; no village schools generally
What economic system believes a nation’s wealth is tied to the amount of precious metals it has (especially gold).
Mercantilism
True/False The Puritans were different from the Pilgrims
True
Where is the ancient Incas civilization located?
South America
True/False One of the main reasons the English came to America was to become landowners?
True
True/False The Bering Sea Land Bridge was made from gopher wood.
False - ice
True/False Like the Pilgrims, the Puritans followed and separated from the Anglican church.
False
