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39 Cards in this Set
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when does the book say that the supercontinent split?
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225 million years ago
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which mountain range was formed before the split of N. America?
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the appalachians
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when does the book say that the first humans entered America?
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33,000 - 8,000 B.C.
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when does the book say that corn was developed in Mexico?
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5,000 B.C.
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when did Norse explorers discover America?
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1000 AD
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when did Marco Polo return?
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1295 AD
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when did the book say the ice ago occurred?
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from 2 million to 10,000 years ago
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what wasa the NE corner of N. America called?
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Canadian Shield
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what major lake was once in W. N. America?
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Lake Bonneville
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List three important indian civilizations?
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Maya, Aztec, and Inca
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when did corn reach the American SW?
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1200 AD
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what is the name for an important SW tribe?
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Anasazi
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what indian settlement was near St. Louis?
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Cahokia
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what three crops were involved in three-sister farming?
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squash, maize, and beans
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how did the crusaders indirectely cause the discover of America?
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they discovered Asian riches, caused a desire for them, and that caused merchants to look for an easy way to obtain them
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who rounded the Cape of Good Hope? When?
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Bartholomeu Diaz, 1488
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Who sailed around Africa to reach India? When?
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Vasco De Gama, 1498
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what day did Cristopher Columbus reach the new world?
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October 12, 1492
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list three important indian foods for the Europeans
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Maize, Potatoes, Tobacco
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List several European diseases that killed the indians
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smallpox, measles, influenza
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what treaty divided the world between the Spanish and French? When?
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Treaty of Tordesillas, 1494
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Who discovered the Pacific Ocean? When?
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Vasco Nunez Balboa, 1513
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Who first circumnaviagated the globe? When?
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Ferdinand Magellan, 1519-1522
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Who explored Florida? When?
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Ponce De Leon, 1513, 1521
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who wandered through the American SW? When?
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Francisco Coronado, 1540-1542
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who explored the American SE? When?
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Hernando De Soto, 1539-1542
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Who conquered the Incas? When?
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Pizarro, 1532
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what was encomienda?
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the government gave inidans to colonists in the hope that the colonists would make them catholics
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who conquered the Aztecs? When?
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Hernan Cortes, 1519-1521
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what was the name of the Aztec Capital?
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Tenochtitlan
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who was the ruler of the Aztecs?
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Moctezuma
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what was the 'new race?'
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mestizos
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who was sent by the English to explore N. America? When?
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John Cabot, 1497-1498
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What was Pope's rebellion? When did it happen?
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an indian uprising in 1680
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when was the first Spanish mission at San Diego founded?
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1769
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what is the name of the propaganda against the Spanish?
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the black legend
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when was St. Augustine founded?
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1565
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when did the Spanish found new Mexico?
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1609
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who founded the first California mission?
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Serra
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