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BERINGIA
VIKINGS
COLUMBUS & VESPUCCI
PORTUGUESE & CONQUISTADORES
NO TAXATION
100
Which 2 continents were connected by Beringia?
Asia & North America
100
Approximately when did the Vikings arrive in North America?
1000 AD
100
Columbus was a(n) ____________, sailing for ________________.
Italian; Spain
100
This Spanish explorer conquered the Aztec.
Cortes
100
Who was king of England during the American Revolution?
George III
200
What do we call people that were in the Americas before Europeans arrived?
Native Americans
200
What is the current name of the place in North America where the Vikings briefly settled?
Newfoundland
200
Name Columbus’s 3 ships.
Santa Maria, Nina, & the Pinta
200
This Spanish explorer conquered the Inca.
Pizarro
200
Why were the committees of correspondence created?
to circulate complaints about Britain
300
What body of water now separates the 2 continents that used to be connected by Beringia?
the Bering Strait
300
What 2 islands did the Vikings settle on before making it to Canada?
Iceland & Greenland
300
Columbus didn’t know he was actually in the New World. Where did he think he was?
the East Indies
300
This man was the 1st to reach Asia by sailing around Africa.
Vasco da Gama
300
Why did the colonists object to the Proclamation of 1763?
colonists believed their freedom was being limited
400
Why was the land between the 2 continents connected by Beringia no longer covered by water?
water levels around the word were lower b/c of the Ice Age
400
The Vikings were from Scandinavia. What 3 countries traditionally make up Scandinavia?
Sweden, Norway, & Denmark
400
What did Amerigo Vespucci realize about his exploration that Columbus did not?
they actually had discovered a new continent
400
What did Magellan’s circumnavigation of the world prove?
the world is round
400
Why did the British begin to tax the 13 Colonies?
England was in debt from the French & Indian War
500
Why did people migrate across Beringia?
they were hunter-gatherers following big game
500
Even though the Vikings were the 1st Europeans in the New World, they don’t get the credit. Why?
their settlement does not become permanent & it takes another 500 years before more Europeans arrive
500
What 2 reasons pushed Europeans to sail to find new trade routes?
Turks conquered Constantinople; Italians controlled the Mediterranean Sea
500
What was the 1st permanent English colony in the New World?
Jamestown
500
Name one famous specific example where colonists boycotted English goods.
the Boston Tea Party