US History Lessons 3-4

Question 1

in the english village of notgrove in 1491, was the emphasis on change or continuity?

Answer 1

continuity

Question 2

what was the most powerful agent for control in medieval europe?

Answer 2

religion

Question 3

did most people in the middle ages accept or deny God’s rule over the affairs of mankind?

Answer 3

accept

Question 4

how did the european thought world change its view of God’s will?

Answer 4

they explored and searched

Question 5

what term means rebirth is given to the period of change, examination, exploration and artistic expression that followed the middle ages?

Answer 5

renaissance (meaning rebirth)

Question 6

how did the crusades affect europe?

Answer 6

they brought spices and other materials of higher value and wealth

Question 7

name two reasons that europeans wanted to find a water route to the east?

Answer 7

they enjoyed the spices and other luxuries from there, and didn’t want to deal with the arabs

Question 8

how did the people we call native americans get to the western hemisphere?

Answer 8

they walked across the bering straight from asia to alaska, either on ice or on a land bridge that no longer exists.

Question 9

what civilization emerged in what is now mexico about 1300 AD?

Answer 9

aztecs

Question 10

what is meant by the term “push and pull forces” as related to people movements?

Answer 10

push forces- people leave
pull forces- people are drawn in

Question 11

the rulers of what country sponsored chris. columbus? name these rulers.

Answer 11

king ferdinand and queen isabella from spain

Question 12

what two miscalculations did columbus make in planning his first voyage?

Answer 12

1. he thought the world was smaller
2. he didn’t know about other land masses

Question 13

what did the pope and a treaty between spain and portugal provide for?

Answer 13

it divided up the world between the spanish in the west and the portuguese in the east

Question 14

whose crew sailed around the world?

Answer 14

magellan

Question 15

what was the first permanent european settlement in what will become the united states and when was it established?

Answer 15

st. augustine in september 1565

Question 16

what were three goals for spanish exploration in the western hemisphere?

Answer 16

1. the spanish wanted control
2. they wanted to extract gold/other riches
3. they wanted to find a water route

Question 17

what european country was the dominant power in the western hemisphere until after the english began to form colonies?

Answer 17

spain

Question 18

what european exploer came to north america earlier than columbus?

Answer 18

eric the red and his son lief ericson

Question 19

what was the impact of european exploration on the native americans?

Answer 19

they had a complex interchange