Historical Geography and Map Identification

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering key historical maps, territorial acquisitions, migration pathways, and colonial claims in early American and world history.

Bering Land Bridge Theory

A migration theory identified on historical maps by routes extending from Siberia to Alaska across the Bering region.

Columbian Exchange

A two-way Atlantic transfer of crops, animals, diseases, and goods between the Americas, Europe, and Africa.

Transatlantic Slave Trade

Forced maritime migration routes transporting enslaved people from West Africa to the Americas.

Proclamation of 1763

A British boundary line established along the Appalachian Mountains separating the 13 Colonies from Western Lands.

Missouri Compromise (1820)

An agreement establishing the 36°30' line across western territories, admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.

Mexican Cession (1848)

The southwestern territory acquired by the United States from Mexico.

Louisiana Purchase (1803)

A large central region west of the Mississippi River acquired by the United States.

European Claims (1750)

Territorial divisions of North America characterized by British control along the Atlantic coast, French control throughout the interior, and Spanish control in the south/west.

Global Immigration (1815-1914)

Worldwide migration flows shown by movement arrows directed toward the Americas and other regions.

Middle Ground: French and Indian War

A contested area in the Ohio Valley where British, French, and Native interests overlapped.