The movement of items (starting with Christopher Columbus) from the New World to Old and Old World to New that had not been there before.
100
What does Renaissance mean?
New thinking or New Birth
100
What 2 large Native Civilizations did the Conquistadors conquer?
Aztecs & Incas
100
Name 2 reasons why no European country cared about the Pacific Northwest.
It was too far away
It had no gold
100
Define "cascade"
A waterfall
200
Name 4 plants that were brought from the New World to the Old World.
Lots of possible answers including: Tomatoes, Potatoes, String Beans, Chilli Peppers, Pinapples, Pumpkins etc....
200
Marco Polo was not the first explorer from Europe to go to China. So why is he so famous?
He published his journal so everyone could read about his journey.
200
What is the Reformation?
The splitting of the church into Catholic and Protestant sections.
200
What "New Gold" was found in the Pacific Northwest?
fur pelts
200
How did Lewis & Clark travel for most of the way on their journey.
On rivers with boats or canoes
300
Name the "Big 5" Old World domesticated animals.
Horse, Cow, Pig, Sheep, Goat
300
How did the Black Plague lead to the Renaissance?
With only half of the population left, Europeans needed to find new ways to complete all the work that needed to be done. So they thought of new ways to do things - using MATH and SCIENCE
300
Why did Spain have so many men (Conquistadors) that wanted to go to the New World?
They had no job
They wanted money
They wanted honor or prestige
300
What was the name explorers gave to the waterway they thought would go all the way across the American Continent?
The Northwest Passage
300
What is the Continental Divide?
An imaginary line, on a continent, that marks if water flows to one ocean or another
400
How did Native American tribes get horses?
The Spanish brought the horses to the new world and some got away and became wild - they multiplied and the Native Americans domesticated them for their use.
400
Using math and Science, Columbus told Queen Isabella that he could reach China by sailing west. What two errors did he make in his calculations and what did he also not know?
He thought the Atlantic Ocean was smaller than it is
He thought Asia was larger than it is
He did not know the Americas existed and would be "in the way" of his voyage to China.
400
What items from the Old World killed many Native Americans through starvation?
PIGS - they ate the Native American crops and caused many of the people to die of starvation.
400
Name the four countries that wanted to control the Pacific Northwest.
Russia, Spain, England, United States
400
Why did France offer to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States?
They needed a lot of money to pay off their debt from a war with Spain.
500
Before Columbus came to the New World the populations in Europe and the New World were about the same number (100 million). Why then did European settlers find few Native Americans and wide-open land?
Diseases like Influenza and Small Pox went ahead of the settlers and wiped out the Native American populations so that their was open land when the European settlers came to build their colonies.
500
Why was there so many fish in the New World and so few left in the rivers and lakes of the Old World?
The Old World had dammed and polluted their rivers and lakes. The New World had healthy rivers and lakes and so lots of fish.
500
Explain why Jamestown (the first English colony in the New World) was founded in 1607 (not earlier) and in North America.
The Spanish had already claimed all the land to the South and the English had just finished a war with Spain - so they could now focus on colonies.
500
What was significant about the vote Lewis & Clark's group had on the shores of the Pacific Ocean?
It is the first recorded vote in American history that a woman or a slave were allowed to participate in.
500
What were the borders of the Louisiana Territory?
All land where water flowed into the Mississippi River was part of the Louisiana Territory.