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What is the largest ocean?
The Pacific Ocean
Australia
Glaciers covered a large part of the ?
Northern Hemisphere.
What is culture?
The entire way of life that people has developed: behaviors, customs, ideas, beliefs, and skills that people teach every new generation.
Who financed Christopher Columbus’ voyage?
In 1492, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella agreed to finance, or pay for a voyage by Christopher Columbus.
Which oceans are located in the Northern Hemisphere?
The Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.
What is the third largest continent?
North America
Who were the Native Americans?
The descendants (or children) of the first people to reach the America thousands of years ago.
Define the term, colony.
A colony is a territory under the immediate political control of a distant country.
What was the name of the colony Columbus founded?
Columbus established the first Spanish colony in the Americas. Columbus called this is colony Hispaniola
What ocean is located between Africa and Asia?
The Indian Ocean
Name all seven continents
Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.
Who played a large role in the growing trade between Asia and the Mediterranean
Arab merchants and nomads
Define the term, turning point.
A turning point is a moment in history that marks an important change in history.
What were the Native Americans (Indians) nearly wiped out by?
The natives were virtually wiped out by European diseases and slavery.
What ocean separates Asia and North America?
The Atlantic ocean
What direction does the Prime Meridian run?
North and South
People used the term “Indians” to refer to what group?
Native Americans
Define the term, circumnavigated.
Circumnavigated, or sailed completely around the world.
What did the Europeans learn from the Indians?
Europeans learned new ways to farm from the Native Americans
What direction does the Equator run?
East and West
What was the name of the earliest people from Europe and the Asia to arrive in the Americas?
The Vikings
What was the Columbian Exchange?
a global exchange of goods and ideas between the people of the Eastern and Western hemispheres became known as the Columbian Exchange.
Columbian Exchange – Global swap of plants, animals, people, technology, ideas, and disease