Geography
A region distinguished by the long-term type of weather experienced in the area
what is climate region?
The two theories of how the first inhabitants of North America came from Asia.
2) By boat, 15,000 years ago, they were following the Pacific Coast
Prior to the explosion of international trade, Europeans sustained themselves with this economic activity.
What is farming or agriculture?
Who are other African societies?
These were the three continents involved in Triangular Trade.
The Southwest United States has this kind of climate - very hot and dry.
What is an arid climate?
This type of structure was characteristic of the native peoples who lived in the Southwest.
What are cliff dwellings?
The shift from religious themes to humanist themes occurred in Europe during this time period.
What is the Renaissance?
Initially slaves in Africa were primarily ____________.
What is prisoners of war?
This was the role of Africa in triangular trade.
Africa provided the slaves who did the hard labor in the Americas/European Colonies to harvest or mine crops and raw materials.
These are characteristics of the Marine West Coast climate region.
Because Native Americans lacked sophisticated _________, they were easy targets for the Europeans to conquer.
What is weaponry?
This was the main motivation for the early voyages of exploration by the Spanish and Portuguese.
What is new trade routes?
This is the first European country to engage in the slave trade.
What is Portugal?
Europe traded what to the Africans that helped to perpetuate the slave trade.
What are guns and ammunition?
These would be elements or characteristics of a cultural region.
What are: languages spoken, religions practiced, shared history, foods eaten, and/or music?
Although the Hopewell and Anasazi occupied very different parts of the country they both adapted their way of life to their environment. Both of these groups hunted, but they also began to _____________.
What is farm or cultivate agriculture?
Once all of the European nations became involved in exploration and colonization their primary goal was this.
To gain access to the raw materials in the New World in order to make goods to sell on the world market.
This African tribe was rich in gold and therefore an appealing ally to Europeans.
Who are the Asante?
This was the role of European colonies (aka the Americas) in the triangular trade.
The European colonies grew crops that were sent to Europe to be turned into manufactured goods.
Clear-cutting forests would transform a region's _____________.
What is ecosystem?
This is the reason there was so much variation between Native American cultures in North America.
The groups had to adapt to live in the different environments - climate, landforms, ecosystems, etc.
This explorer ended up in Florida because he was seeking the Fountain of Youth.
Who is Ponce de Leon?
Who are the Dahomey?
The movement of plants, animals, and diseases between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
What is the Columbian Exchange?