honors american history quiz one

when was the ice age

over 12000 years ago

what was the lad bridge called that allowed native americans to walk to the americas

beringia

how long was the land bridge

about 600 miles

nomads would follow herds of animals throughout ________ and _______ america

north and south

Formed to put an end to constant warfare among the tribes
Unite to withstand invasion
Influenced American government

iroquois league

• central and southern mexico

• war like tribe -religion based on human sacrifices -elaborate cities

• capital : tenochtitlan

Aztec

• peru

• 6 million people -developed complex political system -organized society -conquered by francisco pizzaro

inca empire

-yucatan peninsula of mexico

• built remarkable cities in the rain forest

• sophisticated culture

• written language

• system of numbers

• accurate calender

• advanced agricultural system

mayan empire

family relationships

Kinship

groups of families who are a descendent from a common ancestor

clan

political and economic syste m in europe during the middle ages

fuedalism

became the universal faith of almost all of the people of Europe.

Christianity

europeans came into contact with the rest of the world

result of crusades

• italian merchant from venice

• traveled to china overland

• befriened kublai knan

• returned 15 years later and wrote a book

marco polo

• plague

• carried by fleas on rats

• hit europe in the 1300´s

• 1/3 of europes population died

the black death

• rebirth

• began in italy

• quest for knowledge

renaissance

• invented by german johann gutenburg 1440 -books no longer had to be printed by hand

• more books readily available to the average person

• created a communication revolution

the printing press

what nations began to compete with each other for the asian trade

• france

• england

• portugol

• spain

He sponsored expeditions of discovery in the Atlantic Ocean, down the western coast of Africa.

Prince Henry the Navigator

- sailed around the southern tip of africa

Bartholemeu Dias

Sailed from Portugal to India

Vasco da Gama

determined to find a westward route to the indies

christopher columbus

- Italian merchant who made two voyages to america
-realized this was a new world and not india

amerigo vespucci