Columbus & Columbian Exchange
True or False: Christopher Columbus discovered America.
False
Did Europeans' arrival to the Americas lead to mostly negative or positive effects for the Native Americans?
Negative.
What Native Nation's land are we currently on?
Seneca Nation
They were thrown off the ship into the ocean alive.
Who is the Vice President of the United States?
JD Vance
True or False: Christopher Columbus treated the Native Americans with respect when he arrived at the Americas.
False
List two negative effects that occurred to Native Americans due to European arrival to the Americas.
Diseases, destruction of cultures, death by new weapons, stolen land, displacement, etc.
The Seneca Nation was part of what larger Native American confederacy?
Iroquois Confederacy
What does it mean that slavery was hereditary?
It was passed from mother to child. Generation to generation.
Who is the governor of NYS?
Kathy Hochul
What do we call the large-scale movement of plants, animals, people, and ideas between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
The Columbian Exchange
List three negative effects that occurred to Native Americans due to European arrival to the Americas.
Diseases, destruction of cultures, death by new weapons, stolen land, displacement, etc.
What does the Silver Lake Serpent myth tell us about Native American values?
It tells us that they cared for nature and encouraged others to do the same.
Compared to other colonies, the Dutch were more tolerant of ________ and ________ differences.
a. Racial & Ethnic
b. Biological & Cultural
c. Diversity & Religious
d. Slavery & Ethnic
What is the national bird?
Bald eagle
Describe the Columbian Exchange.
The large-scale movement of plants, animals, people, and ideas between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
Describe the Native American population trend after European arrival to the Americas.
The population trend declined.
What does the term Deyuitga'oh mean if translated from the Native language?
Where the valley widens.
When the English took control from the Dutch in 1664, what major change did they make to the system of slavery?
They made slavery hereditary.
What bird did Benjamin Franklin want as the national bird?
Turkey
List at least TWO items that traveled from West to East along the Columbian Exchange.
Corn, potatoes, tomatoes, etc.
You have to get BOTH of these:
1. What was the leading cause of death for Native Americans after European arrival?
2. Roughly what percentage of Native Americans died because of European Arrival (give or take 5 points)?
1. Disease
2. 90%
The Seneca called the Area at / near Mount Morris "____________________."
Deyuitga'oh
Choose ONE colonial region (New England, Middle, or Southern) and share ONE quality fact about that region's social life, economy, or political structure (you are just choosing one).
Many options
Describe Globalism. Also, is it a new thing?