Early European Civilizations
What Mesopotamian groups name means "rubber people"?
The Olmec.
Define conquistadors.
Spanish conquerors.
Define Captain John Smith.
The man who helped Jamestown survive by demanding obedience, requiring every man to work, and initiating a relationship with the Indian
What caused the market for slaves from West Africa?
The demand for cheap labor.
What are some examples of Southeastern tribes?
What are some examples of Southeastern tribes?
What was the main city of the Aztecs?
Tenochtitlan.
Where did France settle in the New World?
Their settlements were along the St. Lawrence and
Mississippi Rivers and the Great Lakes.
What was the first representative assembly in America?
The Virginia House of Burgesses.
The first Africans brought to Modern day America were what?
First indentured servants but that followed a trade in slaves.
What did most educated people believe about the world?
That is was not flat, instead round
Define Montezuma.
The leader of the Aztecs at the time of the Spanish conquest.
How did Native Americans demonstrate their God-given abilities?
The Native Americans demonstrated their God-given capabilities by skillfully shaping their cultures, building cities, and making discoveries in mathematics and astronomy.
What was the first permanent settlement in North America?
Jamestown.
Who is considered to be the first African in America?
Esteban
Which crop became a profitable one for the Jamestown settlers?
tobacco
What are some tribes of the Southwest region?
The Navajo, Pueblo, Apache, and Hopi.
What viking adventurer sailed west of Greenland? What did he name the land he found?
Leif Ericson; Vinland
Where did the Powhatan Indians inhabit?
The Powhatan Indians inhabited the land where the English first established their Virginia settlement.
How did Mansa Musa's wealth affect other civilizations?
It affected other civilizations immensely.
What are some aspects of the Arctic and Subarctic regions?
They hunted caribou, whales, seals, and walruses and used whale
oil for light.
What were Indians like in the Northwest coast?
They were known as cliff dwellers because of the elaborate houses
they constructed in the sides of cliffs.
What did most of the early exploration focus on?
Much of the early exploration focused on finding new routes to the Indies (Far East) to obtain spices, silk, porcelain, gems, and other valuable trade goods.
How did America get its name?
A mapmaker decided to name it after Amerigo Vespucci who originally identified that Columbus did not land in the East Indies as he thought and others used his map and copied the name.
Define Middle Passage.
The journey slaves made under horrible conditions from Africa in North America.
Define mounds.
Indians of the Southeast created these earthen structures they made for tombs or religious ceremonies.