Unit One Flashcards
(42 cards)
Isaiah 46:9-11
“…declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done.”
What is a Primary Source?
A first-hand account. Most reliable, but can be twisted by exaggeration, biases, confusion, different perspectives, etc.
What is Beringia?
Land bridge connecting Alaska and Russia in the Pre-Columbian Era. Named for Bering Sea
95% of Native Americans can trace their ancestry to what race?
To at least six “Siberian mothers” and one founding father.
Original inhabitants of North America were given what name by modern day historians?
Clovis people
What did the Aztecs call themselves?
Mexica
What is Tenochitlán?
Ancient Day Mexico City
What is Cahokia?
"City of the Sun" Largest city of its time A.D. 700 rise A.D. 1350 fall Peaked in A.D. 1200 with a population of 40,000 6 square miles 120 mounds used for burials, temples
What does Arcaic mean?
Pre-Columbian or Pre-Contact
Who was Marco Polo?
1200s
Was in prison and told all of his stories to Rustachelli.
He spent 17 years in China
24 years exploring
Found Silk Road through the Himalaya Mts.
Spoke of linens, silks, and spices.
What book did Rustachelli write?
“Adventures of Marco Polo”
Where did the Pope declare war?
Why?
The Holy Land
Wanted to take back land from all who weren’t Roman Catholic
What was the quest to ‘free’ the Holy Land from the Jews called?
Who did the soldiers think they were going in the name of?
The Crusades
“In the name of God”
What happened to goods being transported through the Himalaya Mts.?
As they were passed from trader to trader the prices would get higher to make a profit. Therefore making the products only available to the wealthy
Where was Prince Henry the Navigator from?
What was his major accomplishment?
What was his goal from this?
Who took part of his accomplishment?
Portugal
Opened school of navigation
To train sailors to plan and build ships to go around Southern tip of Africa.
Christopher Columbus
Who was Bartolomew Diaz?
What year was his major accomplishment?
He was the 1st to sail around the Cape of Good Hope In 1487(5 years before Columbus)
What was the Indian Ocean called/Who controlled it?
How did this benefit the controller?
The Portugese Lake
Eliminated Silk Road
KYUSHU-ECUADOR CONNECTIONS
When? What was Kyushu, Japan famous for?
How does it connect to Ecuador?
What remnants hold same virus that affected Japan from Ecuador?
3000 B.C.
Unique, delicate pottery designs.
Ecuador discoveries of same pottery from same time.
Ecuador mummies show presence of HTLV-1 virus: probably had sexual contact
What did Egyptian mummies show in their hair that suggests New World contact?
Nicotine and cocoa(chocolate and cocaine)
GREAT LAKES- MEDITERRANEAN CONNECTION
When? What metal mines were found near the Great Lakes that weren’t built by Native Americans? What people group in the Mediterranean made living from mining?
How many tons of New World metal was found in Europe?
1400 B.C.
Copper mines
Minoans
500,000 tons
What did Mark McMinamin discover in a Syrian Museum?
What detail did he point out?
What evidence supports this?
A Phoenician coin
A horse standing on top of what looked like a map of the work including the undiscovered A,Eric’s, this suggests that the Phoenicians explored here.
Punic steles from Brazil all the way to Pennsylvania
CHINA-CALIFORNIA CONNECTION
When? What crazy sightings were recorded?
Who was the monk who wrote a book about his 6,500 mile round trip to the New World
A.D. 455
Sea monsters, superstitious people,trolls, and monsters.
Huh Shun
IRELAND-CONNETICUT CONNECTION
When? Who wrote the book “Navigator”?
Where in CT was there found Irish fire pits with quarried stone?
How do buildings resemble Irish buildings?
A.D. 530
St. Brendan the Navigator
Gungywamp, CT
Calendar chambers, cathedral like Windows, dozen “chi rho” drawings on walls
POLYNESIA-SOUTH AMERICA CONNECTION
When? What word do the cultures share?
What is the boat called that both Polynesians and the Chumash Indians shared.
A.D. 1000
Sweet potato/curumun
Tomoloo
