Native Americans
This cultural region is known to be hot and humid. The Seminole Tribe uses chickee houses.
Southeast
Define the "Age of Exploration"
the period from the late 1400s-1500s when the Western Hemisphere was explored and conquered by European nations
This phrase summarizes the three primary motivations for European exploration.
Gold, God, and Glory
Define "the Columbian Exchange."
the transfer of plants, animals, diseases, ideas, and humans between the Old World of Europe and the New World of the Americas
Which group(s) of people were often enslaved during the Age of Exploration?
Native Americans & Africans
The Native Americans in this cultural region use bison for their homes, clothing, and food.
Great Plains
What is the term for Spanish soldiers and explorers who conquered lands in the Americas during the 1500s?
Conquistadors
What is the Silk Road?
the land route that crosses Europe and Asia and was used for trade, but was highly dangerous and extremely expensive.
How did the Columbian Exchange positively affect Europe?
People in Europe had access to new foods they had never before, and as a result, they had more food to feed people, ultimately leading to a growing population.
How did the Columbian Exchange negatively affect the New World?
Europeans carried over diseases to the Americas, leading to the death of millions of Native Americans
What is a region?
a specific area that differs in climate, physical features, and natural resources
What is the Old World?
the Eastern Hemisphere that contains Europe, Asia, and Africa. They did not know the Western Hemisphere existed when they first started exploring.
The first country to launch large-scale voyages of exploration.
Portugal
What is the name of the route used to transport slaves from Africa to the Americas?
The Middle Passage
What were the reasons why Native Americans died?
disease and killings by the Europeans
Why did the Southwest people build homes from stone and adobe instead of wood?
The Southwest people built homes from stone and adobe because there was a large amount of stone available. There were few trees in the desert, so they could not make homes out of wood.
How did a chickee house affect the way the Native Americans in the Southeast region lived?
A chickee house was built on a high platform to allow for potential flooding. The chickee house had no walls to allow for more breeze because the Southeast region was warm and humid.
List three examples of resources that Europeans wanted from Asia
silk, gold, spices
This system of trade connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas during the Age of Exploration.
Triangular Trade
After the Native American population shrank, who did European settlers use for slave labor in the Americas?
People from Africa
What is the climate like in the Eastern Woodlands?
four seasons, lots of rain
What is a totem pole? Who used them?
a sculpture carved from large tree trunks to show family history; it is native to the Northwest Coast Region.
What was the earliest goal of European explorers?
To find a water route to Asia and the Spice Islands
Why did diseases that were brought from the Old World have devastating impacts on the New World?
The Native Americans did not have natural immunity to the European sicknesses, and as a result, many of them died.
Who did Columbus sail for?
Spain (Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand)