Vocab Chapter #1
A system a group uses to make and exchange goods
What is an economy?
The First Americans (Native Indians) crossed over on this
What is the land bridge?
The 3 G's
What are gold, glory and God?
This man is responsible for starting the Columbian Exchange.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
A person who supports another person financially
What is a patron?
The way of life shared by a group of people
What is culture?
The first Americans moved south in search of these things
What are animals to track and warmer climates?
European explorers were searching for a ________ ________ to Asia.
What is a trade route to Asia?
The Columbian Exchange was between these places
What are Europe, Africa, Asia and the New World?
A country or area under the control of another country
What is a colony?
The land and bodies of water of a place
What is geography?
These had formal systems of learning, religion and government
What are civilizations?
Christopher Columbus was searching for a trade route to Asia. Instead he found what
What is North America or the New World?
Disease and the slave trade were two _____________ _______________ of the Columbian Exchange.
The movement of people, animals, plants and cultures between the Eastern and Western hemispheres of the world
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The weather in a place over an extended period of time
What is climate?
The roles in American Indian families were based on
What is gender?
The colony spain settled in North America
What is New Spain?
Who was most impacted by the Columbian Exchange
Who were the American Indians?
An instrument used in navigation that measures the height of the sun and stars
What is the astrolabe?
A system for making rules and decisions
What is government?
What is economy?
The 2 countries that led the most expeditions
Who are Portugal and Spain?
Europeans, Africans and American Indians had very different what
What are cultures?
The process of planning a route and finding one's location
What is navigation?