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18 Cards in this Set
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Who was Christopher Columbus?
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-Sailor
-Wanted to find a route to Asia (but didn't) -But he did discover America -Ships=Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria |
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Who were the Taino?
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-"Noble ones"
- Discribed as friendly (by Columbus) |
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What did Columbus re-name the Taino's island?
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San Salvador (Holy Savior)
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How did we get the modern day term "Indian"?
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Columbus called the people from the Indies "los indos"
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What is Colonization?
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-The establishment of distant settlements by other countries
-Europeans system |
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What was one of the main reasons the Native Americans population decimated?
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Diseases brought by Europeans
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What was Columbian Exachange?
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-Global transfer of living things
-Plants and animals from Americas to Europe and vise versa |
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What was the Treaty of Tordesillas?
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-Pope Alexander VI stepped in to avoid clash between Spain and Portugal
-Impossible to enforce -Portugal only got Brazil |
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What was Beringia?
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-Area around the Baring Straight
-First people came using it |
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Why were there no longer nomads?
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-People started staying put b/c of agriculture
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Tell me about the Native Americans...
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-Many diverse groups who didn't always get along
-Believed land is sacred (cannot be owned) |
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What did Europeans believe about land ownership that clashed with the Native American view?
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Land could be privately owned for a profit
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What religion was Africa mainly early on?
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Islam
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Who started the slave trade?
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-The Portuguese
-Notion of slavery changed |
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Tell me about African culture...
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-Non consistent in religion
-People in Africa were not born into slavery |
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Tell me about some major events that influenced Europe in this time period?
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-Crusades=1st time Christians encounted new parts of the world
-Renaissance and Reformation=want to learn new things, curiousity -Population Boom=growing middle class |
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What was the ultimate European goal in settling in the New World?
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GOLD
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Tell me about Las Casas?
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-Natives were peaceful
-Spainards wanted to settle land, but behaved like animals -Natives became depopulated and land devastated -Tried to right back, but failed |
