Period 1 - 1491 to 1607 Flashcards

2273883261	What were native populations doing in North America before the arrival of Europeans?	Developing a wide variety of PERMS based on interactions with the environment.	0
2273898496	How did contacts between different ethnic groups affect North America?	The contacts changed the worldviews of each group.	1
2273912336	What did European overseas expansion do for societies on both sides of the Atlantic?	Created the Colombian Exchange.	2
2273927615	How and when did the earliest North American residents reach the continent?	They crossed a land bridge between Siberia and Alaska between 15,000 and 30,000 years ago.	3
2273953691	Where did these native american immigrants reach in terms of boundaries and when?	They gradually spread through North and South America, reaching the tip of South America by 9,000 BCE.	4
2273960671	What were the more advanced cultures in the New World?	The Incas, Mayas, and Aztecs.	5
2273962998	Approximately how many separate cultures were there in the New World?	About 2,000.	6
2273968165	Who were the Anasazi and what did they do?	The Anasazi was a tribe in modern day Arizona and New Mexico, and they built cliff-dwellings, roads, and canals.	7
2273976054	What and when did Mississippi Valley tribes do?	They developed a farming culture around 800 BCE and built earthen pyramids and established trading networks throughout much of North America.	8
2273981906	What were Eastern Woodland Indians doing?	They were occupying the land east of the Mississippi River in small, self-governing clans.	9
2273984556	What were Plains Indians doing?	Plains Indians developed a nomadic lifestyle, following buffalo herds across the American Plains.	10
2273997539	Colombian Exchange	Biological and ecological exchange that occurred after European arrival in the New World; peoples of Europe and Africa came to the Americas; animals, plants, and diseases moved between the Old and New Worlds.	11
2274001314	What happened to the native populations in the Caribbean and Mexico?	Massive epidemics occurred when they contracted many European diseases.	12
2274007461	What happened to tribes along the Atlantic Coast and Ohio River Valley?	They were forced to adapt to white settlers and traders and became dependent on fur trading.	13
2274014975	What were Europeans trying to do to the native populations?	Attempting to civilize them and have them accept and convert to Christianity.	14
2274017451	What happened to Plains Indians?	They used guns and horses to expand their range and attack enemy tribes.	15
2274025965	What were the similarities between native populations and Europeans?	Both lived in village communities, shared a strong sense of spirituality, and divided labor by gender.	16
2274029705	What were the differences between native populations and Europeans?	Indians did not share the European concept of private property, and Indian children were often part of their mother's plan because many cultures were matrilineal.	17