North America
Africa
Europe
Historical Evidence
Miscellaneous
100
Vikings
Who are the first people to discover North America?
100
West Africa
What is the region of Africa we focused on during Three Worlds Meet?
100
England, Spain, France
What are the three countries that first sent out explorers?
100
Archaeology, Written History, Oral History
What are the three types of Historical Evidence we have evaluated?
100
Records made by people who saw/took place in an event.
What is a primary source?
200
Cold, Wet, Near waterways, Forests
What is life like in the Pacific Northwest?
200
Ghana, Mali and Songhay
What were the three empires in West Africa?
200
New Lands, new items to trade, had the money to send explorers
What are the three reasons for countries to explore?
200
Can examine real objects, these help us to understand the past more These could be broken/missing pieces, we can misunderstand these
What are the strengths and weaknesses of Artifacts?
200
Photographs, diaries, journals, letters
What are examples of Primary Sources?
300
Hot, Dry, Droughts
What is life like in the Desert Southwest?
300
Location between Salt and Gold mines, Control of trade routes, Tax Traders Loss control of trade, poor leadership, Mali took over
What is the rise and decline of the Ghana Empire?
300
Improved Maps, Astrolabes, Ships
What were the three tools/ technologies that explorers used when exploring?
300
Usually has more detail, doesn't change much through time You can't write about places you've never been, Point of View can affect someone's writing.
What are the strengths and weaknesses of Written History?
300
Records written by someone who was not there at the time fo the event.
What is a secondary source?
400
Grasslands, Cold winters and Warm summers
What is life like in the Great Plains?
400
Expanding Trade routes, Powerful Rulers, More control over Empire Fight for power, Poor Leadership, Kingdoms rebelled
What is the rise and decline of the Mali Empire?
400
Potatoes, corn, pumpkins, llamas, turkeys and hammocks
What are the items brought from the New World to the Old World?
400
Has most important information, emphasizes on the most important people and events Could be exaggerated or filled with lies, not a lot of details
What are the strengths and weaknesses of Oral History?
400
Textbooks, biographies, movie/book reviews, essays
What are examples of secondary sources?
500
Mostly Woodlands, good soil for farming and had mostly permanent villages.
What is life like in the Eastern Woodlands?
500
Pull away from Mali, Powerful King/army, Control of trade routes Poor Leadership, So large it was hard to control, Civil war
What is the rise and decline of the Songhay Empire?
500
Wheat, bananas, sugar, horses, pig, cattle, guns, metal and diseases.
What are crops brought from the Old World to the New world?
500
Location, Place, Human/Environment Interaction, movement and region
What are the five themes of geography?
500
What happened? Who was involved? When did it happen? How and Why did it happen?
What are the 4 questions historians ask?
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