History Chapter 1 Flashcards
Where did Native Americans first grow things like maize and squash?
Central Mexico
What region’s people were grazing animals important for?
Great Plains
These Native Americans lived in wigwams
Algonquians
Who gave the most famous travel account during the Renaissance?
Marco Polo
What were things that were introduced to the Americas from the Columbian exchange?
Pigs, horses, mules, sheep, cattle, wheat, barley, rye, oats, grasses, and grapes
Columbus’ journeys to the Americas allowed what to happen?
The growth of power and wealth of European Christendom, expansion of European commerce based on American riches (mineral and plantations + African slaves), development of new technologies, growth of military power
This started the early years of the Middle Ages
The collapse of the Roman Empire
Horses changed the way of life for the Indians in this region.
Hunt bison more easily and forcefully resist efforts to colonize their land
What did the Europeans introduce to the Americas that caused a large amount of natives to die? (
Disease (smallpox, typhus, diphtheria, bubonic plague, cholera)
Why did Columbus supposedly seek a route to China?
As a means of reviving the Christian struggle against Islam - convert the Chinese to Christianity and use their wealth and people for a new crusade
This person explored a large part of South America. Enough to draw maps and consider it a continent
Amerigo Vespucci
This caused the population growth of Indians in central Mexico over 3,000 years ago.
Expanded food supply (maize, squashes, beans)
European society had extremes of poverty and wealth during this time period.
Middle Ages
How would you describe the political power of most American Indians?
It was spread out amongst a variety of chiefs with limited authority
What happened when the climate warmed about 12,000-10,000 years ago (or so the book says)?
The environment became more diverse
What resource is found in the Sahara
Sahara
This kingdom supplied the Mediterranean with a lot of gold in the 11th century.
Ghana
What type of ship did the Portuguese develop that helped with exploration?
Caravals
This country dominated trade routes in southern and eastern Africa in the 1400’s.
Portugal
What was Spain’s goal in the late 1400’s?
Reach the coveted coast of China, so they could convert them to Chrisitanity, to help fight the Muslims in any further Crusades they were planning.
Timbuktu was the site of an important learning center for what world?
Africa
This Native American group had a constitution that was passed down from each generation
The Iroquois league
What country first got involved in slave trade and greatly expanded it in Africa?
Portugal
This African empire took over for Mali.
Songhai
