Early Human Migration
What does the word Adapt mean?
To change or adjust to a new situation, environment, or set of rules
What is a hunter-gather?
Someone who gets food by hunting animals, fishing, and gathering wild plants like berries and nuts, instead of farming
What were the 3 motivations for European explorations?
Gold, God and Glory.
What was the Columbian Exchange?
Was a huge, worldwide sharing of plants, animals, diseases, people, and ideas between the Americas and the other parts of the world (Europe, Africa, and Asia)
What is Power?
to be able to take over new lands
Native Americans that lived by rivers, most likely depended on what to survive?
fishing
A person who moves from place to place instead of living in one permanent home is known as a
Nomad
What religion did the Europeans try to spread?
Christianity
How did the Columbian Exchange affect Native Americans?
Diseases from the Europeans killed Native Americans and caused their population to decrease.
What does wealth represent?
gaining gold, treasures and to make your country richer.
Why do people migrate?
because of war, poverty, start a new life, better job, etc
What are the different parts of a society that makes it complex?
Leaders, Rules, Language, people, cultures, religions, jobs, social class, etc
Christopher Columbus sailed for which European country?
Spain
Which continents were involved in the Columbian Exchange?
Europe, Africa and North America, South America
Knowing the difference between the right thing and wrong thing is called?
Morality
People who first lived in North and South America are known as?
Native Americans/ Indigenous people
What kind of lifestyles did Native Americans developed based on their environments?
Farming, hunter-gathers, fishing.
What was the motivation of the El Requerimento?
To spread their religion.
How did the Columbian Exchange impact the Europeans?
Europeans started to eat better and this caused them to live a longer life.
T.I.P.P. stands for?
Time, Issue, People, Place
Why did Native American groups develop different ways of living after migrating to North and South America?
Native American groups developed distinct cultures because they had to adapt to new conditions, such as weather and animals which were in their environment. They had to use what they had in order to survive.
What made the Native American societies complex?
They were a society that had people that did different jobs that all helped their civilization grow
Name 3 countries involved in the age of exploration?
Portugal, Spain, France, England, The Netherlands
How did the conditions during the Middle Passage impact(affect) enslaved Africans?
Enslaved Africans were forced to exercise to stay in shape. Enslaved Africans were forced to be chained together, they died of diseases and malnutrition(not eating enough healthy foods). Africans were mistreated.
Conquistadors are?
Spanish explorers who traveled to the Americas to conquer new lands, find gold, and spread Christianity