Unit 1: American Landscape Flashcards
When did Native Americans settle in Alaska?
During the Ice Age
Who were the Eurasians ?
Eurasian people were the first people to establish in America after crossing the Pacific ocean.
What is one of the synonyms to describe John Smith?
Greedy
When did the British colonize America?
In the early 17th century
What does the woman represent in the painting ?
She is a allegory of progress.
Landscape
Paysage
What does this painting represent?
John Gast’s vision of American progress in the 19th century
What is the idea which guided the American settlers to expand westward called?
The Manifest Destiny
Lush
Luxuriant
What’s the difference between people and peoples?
Peoples means “peuple(s)”
Ce qu’il y a derrière dans un tableau
In the background
Ce qu’il y a devant dans un tableau
In the foreground
Who is pocahontas
a native-american
What word can be used to say that something was said previously ?
Aforementioned
Selfish
Égoïste
How American thought Indians were ?
Savages
For Americans, were are the Indians ?
Savages
What other word can be used to say “So” ?
Thus
How the West is seen by the colonists?
Wild and ominous
What does the dark part of the picture represent ?
This part represent the Natives Americans, a savage population
How are the colonizers represented on the painting?
they bring light, sun and modernity
how are native americans represented in the paintings and who are they fleeing?
they are represented in the shadows and they are hunted by the colonizers
What is the synonym for ambitions
It’s aspirations
A synonym for to transmit
Conveys
