Geographical Regions and Early Native Americans
Characteristics that define geographical regions.
What are physical landforms, climate, culture of the people that live there (Language/Food).
Conquistadors were known for this (what did they do?)
What is conquering or taking over land from Native Americans?
People that spread their religion to others
What is a missionary?
The 3 main reasons for people to become colonizers and head to America, known as the 3 "G"s
What is God, Glory, and Gold.
The two native Americans we talked about in class were famous for doing this, in order to improve relations between the colonists and their tribe.
What is translating?
A type of house made of buffalo skins, typically easy to put up and take down
What is a Teepee?
The first explorer from Europe to "find" the Americas
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Things transported in the Columbian Exchange
What are People, commodities, and diseases?
The first British Colony established in America
What is Roanoke?
This famous Native American was a part of the Algonquin tribe, married a man named John Rolfe, and eventually passed away at a young age due to disease
Who is Pocahontas?
The 5 main geographical regions of the United States
What is the West, Southwest, Midwest, Northeast, and South?
Conquistadors forced Native Americans to do this
What is forced labor, or slavery?
Common name for the trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas in the 1600s. Raw goods would go to Europe, Manufactured goods to Africa, and slaves to the America
What is the Triangular Trade, or the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
The first colony successfully settled in America by the British
What is Jamestown, Virginia?
Tisquantum (Squanto) was respected by the colonists for helping out this colony
What is the Plymouth colony?
The primary biome of the U.S. Southwest region
What is the desert?
The reason behind why smallpox (brought over by the conquistadors) was so deadly to Native Americans
What is lack of immunity?
A grant by the Spanish monarch of a right to control Native American labor
What is an encomienda?
The word carved into a wooden post in the colony that was abandoned, also considered the only hint left behind
What is Crotoan?
The name of the tribe Tisquantum (Squanto) was born into, who all died from illness before his return from Europe
Who are the Pawtuxet Tribe?
What is Beringia?
The most famous conquistador, known for taking over the Aztecs
Who is Hernan Cortez?
A form of labor in which a person is contracted to work without salary for a specific number of years. They may receive land or other benefits at the end of their contract
What is an Indentured Servant?
The main reason European powers tried to cross the Atlantic Ocean
To find new trade routes to Asia
The name of Pocahontas' father, a very important Chief among the Tidewater region of Virginia
Who is Chief Powhatan?