Classroom Rules
What is Mr. Martin's email?
wmartin@charterk12.com
What were the four ancient civilizations we learned about in class?
The Olmec, the Aztec, the Maya, and the Inca.
Who discovered the Americas?
Columbus.
The religious movement that sought to break away from the Catholic church.
What is an example of a Primary source?
1. A photograph of something while it was happening
2. A diary/journal
3. Eyewitness report
What color pens are you allowed to use in my class?
Black and Blue
What civilization had the strongest military?
The Aztec
Why was Columbus able to go on his exploration?
Queen Isabel and King Fernidan commissioned him to travel to the new world and claim any territory found for Spain.
Those who broke away from the Catholic church were called what?
Protestants.
Which of the five themes of geography has to do with migration?
Movement.
What two supplies are needed for class on a regular basis?
Blue folder and notebook
Where were most of these civilizations located?
Mesoamerica
The Columbian exchange was the exchange of ____, _____, ______, and _____ between the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa.
Plants, Animals, People, and Disease.
The water route through North America that would allow ships to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
The Northwest passage.
Which of the five themes of geography describes the physical characteristics of a location?
Place.
Bell Ringers, notes, and vocabulary.
How did the Paleo Indian people make it to Alaska from Asia/Russia?
The Bering Land Bridge.
The Spanish Conquistador who wanted to take over the Aztec empire.
Hernan Cortes.
A document that would allow someone to establish a colony in the Americas.
A charter.
Where did Columbus think he landed when he made it to the Bahamas?
Asia/India.
Why did the Paleo Indian people decide to go down south from Alaska to the Americas?
To follow herds of animals and the warmer weather.
The leader of the Aztec empire.
Moctezuma.
Who started the Protestant Reformation? Where did it start?
Martin Luther and Germany.