Indigenous Peoples
Why did different cultural regions form in North America?
Groups adapted to the environment where they settled
What animal did Christopher Columbus introduce to the New World?
Horses
What was a major motivation for European exploration?
Profit/money
What was the experience of the first Jamestown colonists?
They were challenged by the environment
What English tradition was adopted in the 13 colonies?
Self-government
How did Indigenous groups view their environment?
They believed they were a part of a community of living things
What is the definition of the Columbian Exchange?
The process by which plants, animals, diseases, people, and ideas come from the OLD WORLD and come to the NEW WORLD
What was the goal of the first European explorers?
To find a water route to Asia
What is an indentured servant?
Someone who agreed to work for a certain number of years in exchange for a paid passage to a new country
What right did the English Bill of Rights provide?
To petition the king
Why did the first people migrate from Asia to the Americas?
In search of food
How did the Columbian Exchange affect many Indigenous people in the Americas?
They died from disease
What was a goal of the Spanish conquistadors who came to the Americas?
To conquer a large empire for Spain
What document served as a written constitution?
Connecticut's Fundamental Orders
What was the middle passage?
The ocean crossing enslaved Africans were forced through
What characterizes an indigenous cultural region?
People share a similar language
What foods came from the New World to the Old World?
Beans, tomatoes, peppers, avocado, and corn
Who ACTUALLY founded the Americas?
Amerigo Vespucci
What did the Quakers believe would happen?
American Revolution
Indigenous people of which region lived in a very arid (dry) climate?
Great Basin
What foods were brought from the Old World to the New World?
Bananas, grapes, oranges, peaches, grains, and olives
What was the name of the Spanish explorer and conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire in South America?
Francisco Pizarro
What event helped end the conflict between the Jamestown colonists and local Indigenous colonists?
The marriage of John Rolfe to Pocahontas