World Geography Review - Unit 2 Vocabulary

The movement of more than 1.5 million African Americans from the south to northern cities, like New York City, Chicago, and St. Louis

• Suburbanization

• Urbanization

• Great Migration

• Colonization

An idea first expressed by John O'Sullivan in 1845 that suggested the obvious future of the United States was to spread its ideas across the North American continent by war and conquest

• Manifest Destiny

• Colonization

• Triangular Trade

• Independence

A festive holiday season of parties, parades, and elaborate costumes that reflects the combination of European Christian beliefs and Latin cultures.

• Aztec

• Calypso

• Inca

• Carnival

An early American civilization that controlled much of central America from 1345 CE to 1521 CE and built a massive city at Tenochtitlan.

• Aztec

• Inca

• Colonization

• Carnival

The movement of people from Europe to gain control of other parts of the world leading to the spread of language, religion, laws, and economic systems.

• Urbanization

• Colonization

• Suburbanization

• Triangular Trade

A group of men who followed Christopher Columbus to the Americas in search of God, gold, and glory eventually conquering large early American civilizations.

• Conquistadors

• Colonization

• Inca

• Aztec

An early American civilization that controlled much of the Andes Mountains of South America from 1200 CE to 1532 CE using an elaborate highway system.

• Aztec

• Inca

• Urbaniztaion

• Colonization

A geometric system of trade that developed to link European "mother countries" to their colonies in Africa and the Americas.

• Manifest Destiny

• Colonization

• Great Migration

• Triangular Trade

A musical style that reflects the combination of African rhythms and vocals and European instruments.

• Carnival

• Calypso

• Manifest Destiny

• Independence

The act of removing control of a colonizing nation and establishing self-rule.

• Manifest Destiny

• Colonization

• Independence

• Great Migration