History Midterm

Why were the first Americans called Indians?

• Christopher Columbus thought that he was in France.

• Christopher Columbus thought that he was in the West Indies.

• Christopher Columbus thought he was in Scottland.

• Christopher Columbus thought that he was in New England

What does it mean to be nomadic?

• It means you stay in the same place for a long time.

• It means that you stay in France for your whole life.

• It means to move a lot and not stay in one place for a long time.

• It means you never go to the new world ever.

The two types of Indians were _______ and _______.

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Describe animism and how it conflicts with the truth from the Bible.

• Animism is the belief that gods lived in a mansion and the bible said that Adam was a god.

• Animism is the belief that God is never watching, and the bible said that God is always watching.

• Animism is the belief that gods lived in peace and sometimes are humans, and the bible said that gods never became humans.

• Animism is the belief that gods lived in nature like in natures objects, and the bible says there is only one true God.

This is an almost like hieroglyphics, like a type of writing.

(a)  

What Viking adventurer set out to find a new land west of Greenland?

(a)  

What did Leif Ericson call his new land?

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What nation financed Columbus's attempt to sail west to reach the Orient?

• Spain

• New England

• Scottland

• Vinland

Name the Italian explorer who offered proof that Columbus had discovered a "new world" and not a new route to the Orient.

(a)  

What religious motivations backed European exploration.

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