Native American 1
What is Beringia?
Lowered sea levels during the Ice Age exposed this land connection between Asia and Alaska.
These are materials found in nature that people use to meet their needs, like wood, water, and minerals.
What are natural resources?
The first European explorers hoped to find this to reach Asia faster.
What was the motivation of the first European explorers?
Europeans explored the world to gain profit, resources, and to spread this religion.
What is Jamestown?
This was the first permanent English colony in North America.
What type of home did many Plains Native Americans live in that was made from animal skins and wooden poles?
Tipi or TeePee
Who were the first people to migrate to the Americas?
People who crossed the Bering Land Bridge from Asia while following herds of animal for food.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
This exchange brought new crops, animals, and diseases between Europe and the Americas.
What was the reason of Indigenous peoples of the Americas decreasing?
Diseases like smallpox and measles caused massive population loss among this group.
What was the “Starving Time”?
Jamestown settlers faced starvation, disease, and conflict during this harsh time.
What is a cultural region?
A shared way of life shaped by geography, resources, and climate defines this concept.
Why did different cultural regions form in North America?
Differences in climate and environment led Indigenous peoples to develop unique housing, tools, and traditions.
Who were the conquistadors?
Spanish conquerors who sought gold and glory in the Americas were known by this title.
Who was Hernán Cortés?
He defeated the Aztec Empire in Mexico.
What was the relationship between Jamestown Colonist and Native Americans?
Conflicts with Indigenous people.
What is the Eastern Woodlands?
Cultural regionsForests, rivers, and fertile soil allowed the people of this region to farm, fish, and build from wood.
(New York) + Middle Colonies
What was the weather in the Great Plains Region
Dry, Arid
Who was Francisco Pizarro?
He conquered the Inca Empire in South America.
Who settled in the Spanish borderlands?
Spanish soldiers, missionaries
What describes an indentured servant?
Someone that pays their debt to a farmer by working for them without pay
How did Indigenous people view their environment?
Most Indigenous groups believed they were part of nature, not separate from it.
Who were the Hopi or Pueblo peoples?
These Southwestern peoples built pueblos and relied on irrigation for crops.
What were Florida, Texas, New Mexico, and California called at the time of colonization?
Spanish missions and forts were built in these “BOADRERLAND” regions.
What was the main goal of the conquistadors?
The main goal of the conquistadors was to find gold, claim land for Spain, and do this.
What event helped end conflict between the Jamestown colonists and local Indigenous people?
This marriage brought a temporary peace between the Jamestown colonists and the Powhatan people.