Earliest Americans
Native American Cultures
EUROPE BEFORE TRAVEL
100
What is migration?
A movement of people or animals from one region to another.
100
What are the ways Native Americans use buffalo skin?
Shields, clothing, and coverings for their teepees.
100
What is the name of the Spanish conquer who found Florida?
Ponce de Leon
200
How did early people in Americas get their food?
Hunter-gatherers, then farmers
200
What is the importance of having a written law code?
When laws are written, everyone knows what they are, not just the people who wrote them.
300
What three natural features affected the route people took form Alaska to southern North America?
Ice sheets, mountains, and rivers.
300
How did Native Americans’ religious beliefs affect their lives in North America?
Because Native Americans believed the sprits controlled every aspect of their beliefs, they honored the sprits every day in many activities.
300
Who financed Columbus? Explain the term financed. {P.s. Give one example of how Christopher Columbus}
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella financed Columbus. financed- provide funding for (a person or enterprise).
400
Identify the Maya and Aztec civilization and there achievements.
Maya- They believed that god controlled all that happened on Earth. They built cities, pyramids and temples, were skilled astronomers and had a written language. Aztec- They believed in pleasing their gods and their society was organized around religion. They practiced human sacrifice and enslaved people they conquered.
400
Do you think it was easier for native Americans to live in the dry climates of the Southwest, where rainfall was unpredictable, or in the north, where the cold climate presented a constant challenge? {P.s. Give one example for both}
Each group had geographic challenges, and life would not have been easy for either group.
400
How did west Africa develop a large slave-trade network?
the trade network evolved when the black West Africans sold slaves captured during war. Slaves became an important export for West Africans and were shipped to other parts of the world. When the Europeans arrived, the slave trade was already well established.
500
How did changes in the climate lead to migration to the Americas?
As climates became colder, the Bering Land Bridge was exposed; the bridge was used to cross into the Americas. When the climate became warmer, the land bridge was covered with water, and people used small boats to come to the Americas.
500
Describe the development of the European economy during the middle ages.
New technology helped farmers produce larger harvest, population increased, travel became safer, and trade routes spread across Europe.
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