Prehistory Periods
Who ends the Prehistory periods?
Hernando de Soto
Where did the religion Islam begin?
The Arabian Peninsula
What year did Christopher Columbus sail west to America?
1492
This person's expedition through North America was a disaster as it cost the lives of half his men and produced no gold
Hernando de Soto
A piece of land that touches water on three sides
Peninsula
What are the four periods of Native American Prehistory?
Paleo, Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian
What 4 things were traded on the silk road?
goods, technology, diseases, religions
The Portuguese; King Henry the Navigator
Hernando de Soto claimed to be this to convince Indians to give him food
The "son of the sun"
wandering hundreds of miles in search of food and not living in a permanent settlement
nomad or nomadic
Woodland Period
What three regions did Muslim empires expand into?
The Middle East, North Africa, and the Iberian Peninsula
What were the three primary motivations for conquistadors?
Gold, Glory, and God
French explorers had to produce this in order to gain safe passage through Quapaw territory
Calumet (peace pipe)
Post-1492 transfer of plants, animals, diseases, people, and culture between the New World and the Old World
Columbian Exchange
This site in Arkansas is known as the oldest cemetery in the Western Hemisphere
The Sloan Site
What was the Reconquista? What two battles began started it?
the Reconquista was a series of military campaigns to retake the Iberian Peninsula. The two battles that started it were Tours and Covadonga
Explain the significance of at least two of these explorers:
- Amerigo Vespucci
- Vasco da Gama
- Ferdinand Magellan
Vespucci - first to realize that America was a new continent (America)
Da Gama - first European to sail around Africa and land in India
Magellan - lead the first expedition that circumnavigated the world
This person established the first European settlement in Arkansas, called Arkansas Post
Henri de Tonti
soldiers/adventurers from the Iberian Peninsula who took part in exploring and colonizing the Americas
Conquistador
What caused a change in diets from the Paleo Period to the Archaic Period
Rising temperatures and overhunting killed off the large mammals, causing Archaic Indians to hunt smaller animals, as well as gather nuts and grow crops
What is the significance of the fall of Constantinople?
Constantinople was the last of the Byzantine Empire. It was also on the only part of the Silk Road that had not been taken by Muslims yet.
Why did Christopher Columbus have trouble convincing Ferdinand and Isabella to give financial support for his planned expedition West?
They disagreed on the circumference of the earth
This French explorer succeeded in finding the mouth of the Mississippi River. He claimed the area for France, calling it "La Louisiane"
Robert de la Salle
a system that ranks people according to status, wealth, or power
Social Hierarchy