Native Americans
Name three Native American civilizations
Mayan, Incan, Mississippian, Olmec, and Aztec
What does the Age of Exploration mean?
European explorers exploring America.
What does the Columbian Exchange refer to?
Exchange of food, animals, disease, and more between America and Europe after Columbus's arrival.
What four countries did we talk about?
England, France, Spain, and Portugal
Tell me one specific fact about a Native American tribe.
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Name the three G's and what they describe.
God, gold, and glory. The reasons for exploring.
What is the Old World and what is the New World?
Old World- Europe, Asia
New World- The Americas
What were Spanish explorers called?
Conquistadors
About how many Native Americans were there before the arrival of Columbus
50-100 million
Name two of the explorers we talked about.
Columbus, Eriksson, Prince Henry, Ponce de Leon, and Cortes
Name 5 foods that were exchanged during this time.
Tomato, potato, corn, beans, coffee, wheat, rice, onion, fruit, etc.
What did the French send back to France from America that was as valuable as gold?
Beaver fur
What was the most important factor of Native Americans' lives?
Their environment
Name the two inventions that helped advance the Age of Exploration that we talked about, and what they did.
Caravel and Astrolabe
Besides food and animals, what major thing was transferred across the Columbian exchange?
What three things did the English find that helped them generate wealth?
Timber, fishing, and tobacco
How did the first Native Americans get into the Americas?
The Bering Strait
Describe a specific voyage that was made during this time besides Columbus's 1492 voyage.
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The video we watched named a few ways in which European nations thrived off of food from the Americas. Name one way.
Potatoes in Ireland helped grow their population by double. Italy used tomatoes to create pizza and pasta dishes. Sweet potatoes in Asia became referred to as the poor person's staple.
What territories did each country claim?
France- Canada
England- East Coast of the United States
Spain- Mexico, Central America, and Northern South America
Portugal- Brazil