European Mindset
What continent did many travelers hope to find new routes to when they set sail?
Asia.
What is John Cabot known for?
He was an Italian explorer working for the English and landed in modern-day Canada.
What was the name of the Norse settlement in North America?
Vinland.
Which regions tribal groups relied heavily on the buffalo herds?
the Great Plains natives
What was the 'Cash Crop' of the early colonization era?
Tobacco.
What diseases were responsible for the "Great Dying"?
Measles, smallpox, influenza.
What misconception was communicated to the European royalty that made them believe that the indigenous people could be easily enslaved?
Their mild, frightened manner and lack of "sophisticated" weapons.
Who was the first person to circumnavigate the earth?
Ferdinand Magellan.
Plymouth colony was founded by ___, who came over on the ___ ship, and drafted the ____ ____ as their means of government.
Puritans, Mayflower, Mayflower Compact.
Which native tribes used adobe and canals for crop irrigation?
Southwestern Tribes.
The importation of what material allowed for the use of plows and guns in the New World?
forged metal.
Roughly what percent of the native population were killed by disease?
About 90%.
What did the Europeans believe about the population and resources in the New World?
That it was sparsely populated and full of unclaimed resources
Amerigo Vespucci
Was the first European to recognize that the Americas were a separate continent from Asia.
First permanent colony in North America. (Hint: cannibalism)
Jamestown.
What is the different between the Berginia and Coastal Migration Theories?
The Coastal Migration theory suggested the Paleo-indians used boats, versus the Beringia Migration theory says they traveled on foot.
What were the most significant crops Europe received from the Americas?
Tobacco, corn, potatoes, squash, and tomatoes.
What economic premise was spread by the Europeans as they settled and establish trade routes with Europe?
Mercantilism.
What saying did the Europeans use to justify their exploration and conquest?
"God, Gold, and Glory."
Italian sailor working for the Spanish, arrived in the Caribbean in 1492.
Christopher Columbus
Which colony was found empty, with the word "Croatoan" in the palisade?
Roanoke Colony.
Tillamook, Salish tribes. Plank houses, totem poles, largely seafood diet.
Northwestern Tribes
What were the most significant livestock species brought to the Americas?
Cattle, horses, and pigs.
What differences in native societies compared to European societies led the Europeans to believe them inferior and force them to change?
The way of some native societies having elected leaders, matrilineal familial dynamics, no written language or overarching religion, and not having any materialistic tendencies.
Economic recovery after the ____ ____ led to the Europeans wanting to open new trade routes.
Black Death / Bubonic Plague
Francis Drake is known for doing what?
He was the first English explorer and second person to circumnavigate the Earth.
The oldest continually inhabited settlement in North America is what colony, where is it, and who settled it?
St. Augustine, Florida, settled by the Spainish.
What tribes make up the Woodlands region, what did they eat, what structures did they live in?
The Cree, Iroquois, Wampanoag, and Algonquin. Diet was largely fish, big game (deer, bison), and they lived in wigwams or longhouses.
True or False: Native American societies did not have a written language.
True.
What was the European response to the mass dying of Native Americans?
To import slaves from other parts of the world to pick up the slack.