Spanish empire - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Which statement best describes the role of women in Pre-Columbian North American tribes? - ANSWER-In all tribes, women cared for the children and prepared meals The pre-Columbian North American peoples in the Pacific Northwest - ANSWER-Fished salmon as their principal occupation The origins of the majority of human existence in North America began - ANSWER-with migrations across an ancient land bridge over the Bering Strait. Prior to European contact, the eastern third of what is today ...

Hunter-Gatherer A nomadic person who lives chiefly by hunting, fishing, and harvesting wild food. Maize Another name for corn, one of the staple crops of the New World. 'Contact' Europeans meeting the American Indians. Columbian Exchange The widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, and ideas between the Americas and the Old World. New World/Old World New World: American Colonies Old World: Europe Atlantic World Th...

American Yawp chapters 1-3 Verified Exam Questions and Answers lived in modern day mexico and central america. relied heavily on maize - CORRECT ANSWER-mesoamericans First society people located in central North America - CORRECT ANSWERmississippians Mississippian settlement near present-day East St. Louis, home to as many as 25,000 Native Americans - CORRECT ANSWER-cahokia a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States - CORRECT ANSWER-pueblo Important ancie...

First President - George Washington () Second President - John Adams () Third President - Thomas Jefferson () Fourth President - James Madison () Fifth President - James Monroe () Sixth President - John Quincy Adams () Seventh President - Andrew Jackson () Eighth President - Martin Van Buren () Ninth President - William Henry Harrison (1841) Tenth President - John Tyler () Eleventh president - James K. Polk () Twelfth President - Zachary Taylor () Thirteenth President - Millard Fillm...

Paleo Indians - the first Americans who crossed from Asia into North America sometime between 38,000 and 10,000 BC Berginia - Land bridge from last ice age Agriculture revolution - 10,000 years ago climate got warmer so everyone started farming Native Americans - Decendants to paleo indians. Over 650 groups Mesoamerica - Olmecs mayas toltecs and aztecs Olmecs - First great Toltecs - Traders Mayas - Farners + raiders Aztecs - 5 million popukation. Conquered by spanish empire North Am...

The American Yawp chapters 1-4 Exam Questions and Answers The Spanish Empire in America - CORRECT ANSWER-was, unlike the French and English New World empires, a mostly urban civilization. What was the primary purpose of the Proclamation of 1763? - CORRECT ANSWER-To bring stability to the colonial frontier. In the 1770s and 1780s, what was a characteristic of voting rights? - CORRECT ANSWER-They were not uniform, as each state's constitution had different stipulations. Which commodit...

The social organization of African societies included - Answer-kings and noblemen at the top, a great mass of people who worked as farmers, urban craftsmen who supported the elites Native Americans encountered by Europeans practiced a form of religion known as - Answer-polytheism The results of creating a more cohesive political confederacy for the Iroquois included - Answerincreasing village stability To Europeans, "China" was known as - Answer-Cathay What activities did women perform in...

Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican Civilizations - Answer Maya- 2000 bc- 1697 ad Aztec-Ethnic groups of central Mexico dominant in large areas of Mesoamerica in the 14th-16th centuries Pre-Columbian Andean Civilizations - Answer Inca- largest pre-columbian empire in 15th-16th centuries Moche- northern Peru between 100-800- Huaca del Sol Cañaris- Southern Equador- eventually conquered by Inca Pilgrims - Answer English Separatists who believed there was no fixing Church of England- embark...

History Final: American YAWP 1-15 Exam Questions And Answers The first American arrived on the North American continent approximately - ANS 12-20 thousand years ago Agriculture arose in North America - ANS Nearly simultaneously as in Asia/eastern hemisphere The crops most commonly grown by Native Americans, also called the "Three Sisters," include all of the following except - ANS Wheat What is the best term to describe Native Americans ancestry/descent? - ANS Matrilinea...

Native Americans - Answer-1. original Americans 2. migrated to America via Siberian Land Bridge during ice age (following megafuana and fish) 3. mostly of Mongolian (?) descent Land Bridge - Answer-1. span of land connecting Siberia to North America during the ice age 2. allowed "Native" Americans to migrate to Americas Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) - Answer-1. created by the pope 2. gave all American land, except Brazil, to Spain (Brazil was claimed by Portugal) Hernando Cortés - Answe...