Native American Groups
What type of kindship is passed through the mother's line?
Matrilineal kinship
What did Amerigo Vespucci accomplish?
Wrote a popular book about his travels
Made maps for European exploration
North and South America were named for him
Who discovered the Incan highway that led to the great city of Cusco?
- Cortez
- Pizzaro
- De Soto
- da Gama
Hernando de Soto
What was the Columbian Exchange?
A widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, disease, and ideas between the two hemispheres (Old World and New World).
True or False: When Portugal arrived in Africa they found a non-existant slave trade
False! There was a very active slave trade in Africa, just not with Europeans
How many noses does a slug have?
4
Desrcibe the tribes of the Great Basin
Located between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada
Nomadic, desert culture
Lived peacefully and shared territories
What time period did Vespucci help inspire? (The Age of...)
The Age of Exploration
What did Cortez accomplish?
Conquered the Aztec
Name 5 goods that were from the NEW WORLD (Answers will vary)
Pumpkin, turkey, avocado, pineapple, peanuts, corn, tomato, vanilla, sweet potato, chocolate, chili peppers, beans, tobacco
True or False: Most of the Africans that went to the American colonies during the 17th century were take on Dutch ships
True! The Dutch became masters at slave trade shipping
What is the name for a group of crows?
A murder
Why do people say that the Iroquois Confederacy was similiar to a longhouse?
Longhouses held multiple families and the Iroquois Confederacy was made up by 6 tribes or "families"
Which explorer for looking for the mythical "Fountain of Youth"?
Juan Ponce de Leon
Who conquered the Incas?
- Cortez
- Pizzaro
- De Soto
- da Gama
Francisco Pizzaro
Name 5 goods from the OLD WORLD (Answers will vary)
Apples, bananas, coffee, oranges, grapes, olives, sugar, honey, cows, pigs, wheat, onions, olives, rice, smallpox, malaria
Why did it take Engald a long time to become fully involved in the Atlantic Slave Trade?
There was political instability and England wanted to wait until they had defeated the Spanish Armada
What animal cannot jump?
Desrcribe the Southeastern Indigenous Tribes
Structured governments with tribes broken into clans
Lived in permanent homes
Hunters and farmers
Which explorer established forts from the Great Lakes down the Mississippi River?
Robert de La Salle
Who was the first governor of New Spain?
- Cortez
- Pizzaro
- De Soto
- da Gama
Cortez
What types of goods from Asia were Europeans addicted to?
Spices, silk, and porcelain
Why was Spain now allowed to colonize Africa?
They had already colonized much of the New World and it would not have been "fair" to other European countries if they got land in Africa as well
If you drop a piece of bread butter-side down, what should you blame?
Gravity
Who were the earliest known inhabitants of the eastern woodlands and were known for building massive earthwork mounds?
The Adena and the Hopewell
Who was Henry Hundson (aka what country did he sail for) and what did he accomplish for this country?
He claimed the Hudson Bay and the Hudson region of NY for the Dutch
First European to sail around South Africa to Asia?
- Cortez
- Pizzaro
- De Soto
- da Gama
da Gama
Did crops from the Old World thrive or struggle in the New World?
Thrived!
What word means "for one person or company to have complete control over an industry"?
Monopoly!
A coin!