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14 Cards in this Set
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When did recorded history begin? |
6,000 years ago. |
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What is Pangaea? |
The theory that the continents were once one mega-continent |
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What is the Land Bridge Theory? |
The theory that after the Ice Age a land bridge formed linking Asia and North America. |
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What were the 3 notable native groups that spread across the North, Central, and South America, and where were they from? |
Incas; Peru, Mayas; Yucatan Peninsula, and the Aztecs; Mexico. |
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What were the Pueblo Indians known for? |
First american corn growers, adobe houses, elaborate irrigation, mound builders. |
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What were the Iroquois Confederation known for? |
5 tribes in New York state, possessions passed through females, each tribe independence but met to discuss. |
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What were the Crusades, and what effect did they have on Europeans? |
The Christian crusaders fought in Palestine to regain the holy land from Muslims during the Middle Ages. In result, Europeans wanted spices from the East. |
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Marco Polo |
Traveled to China and created European interest in west. |
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What economic system did Columbus create when he "discovered" The New World? |
Europe would provide the market, capital, and technology, Africa the labor, and The New World raw materials. |
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What was the exchange between England and the New World called? |
Columbian Exchange. |
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What was the Treaty Line of Tordesillas? |
A treaty between Portugal and Spain dividing South America vertically in half; Portugal got everything east, Spain everything west. |
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What are Conquistadores? |
Spanish explorers, or "conquerers". |
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What was the Encomienda System? |
Native Americans were given to Spanish landlords. |
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Who was Hernando Cortez? |
Explorer who conquered the Aztecs. |
