AMERICAN HISTORY CONNECTING WITH
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●● Algonquian
Answer: A large language group that dominated the Atlantic seaboard.
They were known for having women serve as farmers and men engaging
in hunting, warfare, and clearing land. This led to women having a much
more prevalent role in their society.
●● Atlantic World
Answer: The vast network of trade and communication that spanned the
Atlantic that the Americas were a major part of.
●● Biological and Cultural Changes
Answer: Spanish and natives began to interbreed. Their languages and
religions also began to blend to.
●● Cahokia
Answer: A major native city near modern day Saint Louis that arose
from trade between native tribes. At its peak it had a population of about
10,000. Earthen mounds created by the native tribe survive to this day.
, ●● Catholic Missions (Spanish)
Answer: The spread of the Catholic religion was a major motivator to
mid sixteenth century Spanish colonization. Representatives of the faith
accompanied alsmost all Spanish colonization missions into the new
world. The Spanish spread the Catholic faith throughout Central and
South America, Mexico, and into the Southern US.
●● Charter Companies
Answer: A monopoly for trade in a certain regions that was granted to
groups of merchants by a monarch. Some examples include the
Muscovy Company (1555), the Levant Company (1581), the Barbary
(1585), the Guinea Company (1588), the East India Company (1600).
●● Christopher Columbus
Answer: Grew up in Genoa Italy and served as a sailor for the
Portuguese. Under the patronage of the newly crowned Ferdinand and
Isabella of Spain he set sail across the Atlantic in an attempt to reach
Asia. In 1492 he set out with his three ships the Nina, the Pinta, and the
Santa Maria. Ten weeks later he reached the Bahamas and Cuba. In his
second and third voyages he explored more of the east coast of the
Americas. He was motivated by his belief that he was on a divine
mission. He died in poverty still believing he had reached Asia.
●● Conquistadores
THE PAST EXAM SCRIPT SOLVED
QUESTIONS ACCURATE ANSWER
COLLECTION
●● Algonquian
Answer: A large language group that dominated the Atlantic seaboard.
They were known for having women serve as farmers and men engaging
in hunting, warfare, and clearing land. This led to women having a much
more prevalent role in their society.
●● Atlantic World
Answer: The vast network of trade and communication that spanned the
Atlantic that the Americas were a major part of.
●● Biological and Cultural Changes
Answer: Spanish and natives began to interbreed. Their languages and
religions also began to blend to.
●● Cahokia
Answer: A major native city near modern day Saint Louis that arose
from trade between native tribes. At its peak it had a population of about
10,000. Earthen mounds created by the native tribe survive to this day.
, ●● Catholic Missions (Spanish)
Answer: The spread of the Catholic religion was a major motivator to
mid sixteenth century Spanish colonization. Representatives of the faith
accompanied alsmost all Spanish colonization missions into the new
world. The Spanish spread the Catholic faith throughout Central and
South America, Mexico, and into the Southern US.
●● Charter Companies
Answer: A monopoly for trade in a certain regions that was granted to
groups of merchants by a monarch. Some examples include the
Muscovy Company (1555), the Levant Company (1581), the Barbary
(1585), the Guinea Company (1588), the East India Company (1600).
●● Christopher Columbus
Answer: Grew up in Genoa Italy and served as a sailor for the
Portuguese. Under the patronage of the newly crowned Ferdinand and
Isabella of Spain he set sail across the Atlantic in an attempt to reach
Asia. In 1492 he set out with his three ships the Nina, the Pinta, and the
Santa Maria. Ten weeks later he reached the Bahamas and Cuba. In his
second and third voyages he explored more of the east coast of the
Americas. He was motivated by his belief that he was on a divine
mission. He died in poverty still believing he had reached Asia.
●● Conquistadores
