Vocabulary
What is physical geography?
The physical characteristics of a region.
Why did Columbus call the Native Americans Indians?
He thought that he had landed in India.
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Why were European countries so obsessed with finding a westward route to Asia?
What is human geography?
How people and cultures are affected by physical geography.
What are the 3 tribes from the Great Basin Region?
Ute, Paiute, Shoshone
What was the name of the mythical westward route to Asia?
The Northwest Passage.
What is chattel slavery?
People are classified as property, and have no rights.
What army did England defeat in 1588 after they attacked following years of perceived threats?
The Spanish Armada
What does it mean to have a geographic perspective?
Looking at a culture through the lens of geography.
How did the tribes of the Western American cultures hunt buffalo?
By steering the animals over cliffs or into corrals where men could kill them with arrows.
What was the purpose of Columbus's first voyage?
To find a westward route to Asia.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Biological mixing between the New World of the Americas and the Old World of Europe, Africa, and Asia. Named after Columbus.
What is a heretic (in the context of what we studied?)
People who held beliefs different from the Catholic church
What happened on Columbus's 3rd visit?
The colonists revolted, Columbus was arrested.
What was triangular trade?
A system of trade in which arms, textiles, and wine were shipped from Europe to Africa, enslaved people from Africa to the Americas, and sugar and coffee from the Americas to Europe
What is a galleon?
A large ship used by the Spanish Armada
What years did Columbus complete his 4 voyages?
1492, 1493, 1498, 1502
What was one negative consequence of the Columbian Exchange?
Diseases such as smallpox were brought to the Americas.
What did Queen Elizabeth do that the Spanish considered an act of war?
Supported the Netherlands when they declared independence from Spain.