Native Americans and Explorers
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| How did the first Americans get here? | Bering Land Bridge
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| Why did the first Americans come to America? | Paleo-Indians crossed the Bering Land Bridge
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| Who were the first to come to America? | Paleo-Indians
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| Bering Land Bridge | a strip of land that rose as the sea level fell during the ice age
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| migration | movement of people or animals from one nation to another
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| Paleo-Indians | first people to come to America
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| Makah | homes:earthen lodges
jobs: hunters, farmers, and fishers
government: Chief makes all the decisions
religion: believed in spirits of nature, used whales
food: berries, clams, mussels, salmon, and whale
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| Hopi | homes: Adobe
jobs: cooking, caring for home, harvesting, weaving clothes, perform ceremonies
government: priests
religion: used snakes
food: rabbits, mammoths, bison, buff
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| Mandan | homes:mud lodges and tepees
jobs: hunters, farmers, cooks, caring for kids
government: village chief and war chief
religion: used buffalo
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| Iroquois | homes:long wooden houses
jobs:making clothes, farming
government:Iroquois Creek Council
religion: believed in multiple nature spirits
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| Creek | homes:houses on mountains
jobs:hunters, harvesters
government:Village chief called Mico's
religion: used green corn
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| Aztec | homes:Adobe
jobs:farming, metalworking, trading, weaving, hunting, soldier, carpentry, care for house, care for kids cook
government:emperor, surfs, commoners, nobles, and slaved
religion:sacrificed
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| 2 reasons why the Iroquois Constitution is related to the US Constitution | 1)women have rights, everyone has equal
2)rights of festivals, right of religion
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| matrilineal | power past down to mothers line
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| Iroquois League | union of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca (the Five Nations)
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| Iroquois Constitution | Iroquois laws of peace
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| What attracted settlers to North America? | gold, glory, God, grace, and animals and land
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| What is the population of Native Americans living in America before 1942? | 2-10 million
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| What are some events that happened during the Dark Ages that made exploration possible? | Viking raids, Germanic tribes fought each other, Feudalism developed
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| Caravels | small fast Spanish ship
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| Astrolobe | device that enabled travels to determine where they were based on the stars
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| Why did African kings participate in slave trade? | 1)send prisoners and traitors as slaves
2)trade slaves for guns, horses, and other goods
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| Why did European countries start western sea exploration? | an easier sea route to Asia and not get attacked by Portugal
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| What are the 4 G's of exploration? | Glory, Gold, God, Grace
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| What are the "Fab Five" countries? | England, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, and France
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| Renaissance | rebirth of art, literature, and science
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| Leif Erikson | Date:1000
Worked For:Norway
Goal:explore Greenland and is and adventurous person
Description:sailed to Greenland but wind blowed ship to America
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| Christopher Columbus | Date: October 12, 1492
Worked For: Spain
Goal: find a short sea route to Asia
Description:Sailed to America thinking it was a quicker way to Asia.first recorded explorer to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Believed he was in India
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| Amerigo Verspucci | Date: 1501
Worked For: Spain
Goal:wanted riches from America, explored South America and was the first to believe it was a separate continent
Description:led a Spanish fleet to the coast of South America
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| Ferdinand Magellan | Date: 1519
Worked For: Spain
Goal: first to circumnavigate the Earth
Description:sailed the coast of South Africa and down the Pacific Ocean
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| Hernan Cortes | Date: 1519
Worked For: Spain
Goal: searching for wealth
Description: conquered Aztec and defeated king Moctezulma
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| Francisco Pizarro | Date:1534
Worked For: Spain
Goal: conquer Inca who ruled in some parts of North America
Description: conquered Inca and killed their leaders
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| Juan Ponce De Leon | Date: 1508
Worked For: Spain
Goal:search for islands of Bimini and the fountain of youth
Description: conquered Porto Rico for Spain and found San Juan
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| Hernando de Soto | Date: 1539
Worked For: Spain
Goal: Explore Gulf of Mexico, gold, glory, God, and grace
Description: discovered Mississippi River, went through Georgia, The Carolina's, Appalachian Mountains, and Oklahoma
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| Alvar Ninez Cabeza de Vaca | Date: 1528
Worked For: Spain
Goal: conquer North America
Description: joined expedition to North American and landed in Florida, Crew died except for four
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| Francisco Vasquez de Cornodo | Date: 1540
Worked For: Spain
Goal: explore North America Southwest and find the Seven Cities of Gold
Description: never found the Seven Cities of Gold and expedition went to New Mexico and Arizona
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| John Cabot | Date: 1497
Worked For: England
Goal: find Northwest Passage for the king of England, claim North America for England
Description: traveled along the coast of present day Canada and North America
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| Giovanni de Verrazano | Date: 1524
Worked For: France
Goal: search for Northwest Passage
Description: sailed across North Carolina to New York
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| Jacques Cartier | Date: 1534
Worked For: France
Goal: claim areas for France and search for Northwest Passage
Description: sailed to Canada and the St. Lawrence River
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| Henry Hudsan | Date: 1610
Worked For: England
Goal: search for Northwest
Description: sailed farther North than any previous sailor
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| Rene Robert de La Salle | Date: 1679
Worked For: France
Goal: find the Mississippi River
Description: claimed Mississippi Valley and named it Louisiana
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| Northwest Passage | sea passage along the north coast of North America
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| conquistador | a conquerer
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| What did countries Spain occupy? | Mexico, South America, Central America
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| What did countries France occupy? | Louisiana, Canada
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| What did countries England occupy? | East Coast
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| What did countries Netherlands occupy? | New York
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| What did countries Portugal occupy? | Brazil
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| What did the Old World get from the Colombian Exchange? | corn, squash, pineapple, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, potatoes, cacao, peppers, tobacco, beans, vanilla, turkeys, tomatoes, and peanuts
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| What did the New World get from the Colombian Exchange? | guns, onions, olives, citrus fruit, grains, livestock,coffee beans, grapes, bananas, peaches, pears, sugar cane, honey bees, and disease
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| What is the Ecomienda System? | a system that gives settlers the right to tax Native Americans and convert them to Christianity
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| What was the impact on disease brought by the Europeans? | many Native Americans died.
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| Who is Bartolome de Las Casas? | A Spanish Priest who believed the Spanish were mean and cruel to the Native Americans
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| What are positive and negative effects of the Age of Exploration? | positive: America gained many crops, livestock, and guns
negative: disease killed many Native Americans, Native Americans were tortured, used as slaves, and killed
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