Module 1.1 - Native American Societies & European Discovery

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The first people to live in the Western Hemisphere arrived roughly years ago.

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15,000

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Why did Europeans seek to colonize the "New World"?

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Profit, to spread Christianity and “civilization” to native peoples, and freedom.

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Europeans introduced the slave trade to the African continent.

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False.

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During the last Ice Age, a small tribe of migrants from Asia followed animal herds across the frozen land bridge that connected Siberia and Alaska into North America.

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Bering Strait

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Christopher Columbus was the first explorer to hypothesize that the world was round

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False.

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The wealthiest native, pre-colonial empires existed in modern day .

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Mexico and South America

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How did Portuguese technological innovations fundamentally change maritime exploration?

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They created the caravel ship and improved navigation tools like the compass and quadrant.

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Why was Columbus's miscalculation about reaching Asia actually historically significant?

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It led to the accidental discovery of a continent unknown to Europeans.