APUSH: AMSCO Unit 1 questions with correct answers

Native Americans; land bridge CORRECT ANSWER first people to settle North America; arrived as much as 40,000 years ago via a land bridge that then connected Siberia and Alaska Sioux; Pawnee CORRECT ANSWER small Native American tribes, more nomadic than others; followed herds of buffalo on the Great Plains Pueblo; Adena; Hopewell; Mississippian; Iriquois CORRECT ANSWER larger Native American tribes; had complex cultures and societies in which thousands lived and worked together Mayas; Incas; Aztecs CORRECT ANSWER Native American tribes of Central and South America that developed complex civilizations; carried on extensive trade and created calendars that were based on accurate scientific observations Renaissance CORRECT ANSWER a rebirth of classical learning and an outburst of artistic and scientific activity in Europe; from the late 1400s to the early 1500s; characterized by a gradual increase in scientific knowledge and technological change technology; compass; printing press CORRECT ANSWER brought about by the Renaissance; the compass aided navigation/exploration and the printing press aided the spread of knowledge across Europe Ferdinand and Isabella CORRECT ANSWER succeeded in defeating the Moors of Granada in the same year that Columbus sailed on his historic voyage; the uniting of Spain under them was a sign of new le