Vocabulary
What does the term Slavery mean?
The treatment of people as property. People who are denied freedom in this way are said to be enslaved.
Where do scientists think that the earliest people in the Americas migrated from?
Siberia
What were the explorers scared of?
Sea monsters
The ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Being able to put yourself in someone else's shoes.
What were the Europeans looking for on the Indigenous lands?
Riches, Silver, Gold, wealth
What does the term migrate mean?
To move from one place and establish a home in a new place. A move of many people is called a migration, and the people who move are called migrants.
What brought the Siberian hunters to the Americas?
The hunt for food.
What inspired the Europeans to explore the lands of Asia?
Marco Polo's book.
How did the Siberian people get to America?
What was being exchanged during the Columbian exchange?
Plants, Animals, people, diseases
What does the term conquistador mean?
Spanish soldiers who accompanied ship captains and merchants in the Americas. These soldiers took land and resources from the Indigenous people of Mexico and Peru, usually by violent means.
How did the Siberian hunters adapt to the Americas?
They used the natural resources.
Who sponsored Christopher Columbus' trips?
The king and Queen of Spain.
What happens during the ice age?
Most of the earth's surface is covered with ice causing the sea level to drop.
What group of people was traded the most in the Columbian exchange?
Africans
What does the term revolt mean?
a violent action in opposition to a government or law
What caused the wipeout of 90% of Indigenous tribes?
Diseases that the Europeans brought over.
By force and violence
They were Tainos.
What religion did the missionaries force the indigenous people to convert to?
Catholic
What does the term coureurs de bois mean?
French fur trappers who learned many skills from the Indigenous people with whom they worked and lived
How did the Indigenous people of Florida respond when Poce De Leon returned with 200 mean?
They defended themselves using poisoned arrows.
How long did Marco Polo spend in Asia?
17 years
What is known as the Beringia?
What did the Europeans give African traders in exchange for slaves?