Native Americans/Explorers Final Review

What is a primary source?

• First hand account of an event 

  (someone that was there)

• Second hand account of an event 

  (someone who was not there, but heard about it.)

What is a secondary source?

• First hand account of an event 

  (someone that was there)

• Second hand account of an event 

  (someone who was not there, but heard about it.)

Why did Native Americans all develop differently?

• They had no interactions with other groups
• Various factors such as geographical location, resources available, climate, and interactions with other tribes and settlers.
• They were all isolated from each other
• They all originated from the same tribe

Why do explorers explore?

• Gold

• Glory

• God

• All of the above

What was the Northwest Passage?

• A passage that leads to the north and west

• Some explorers travel to find an all water route through North America to Asia (a shortcut) Does not exist

  • France, England, Netherlands

What was the Columbian Exchange?

• The Columbian Exchange was a trade agreement between Asia and Africa.
• The Columbian Exchange was a religious movement in the Americas.
• The Columbian Exchange was a military alliance between European countries.
• The Columbian Exchange was the exchange of goods, plants, animals, germs, and ideas between the Eastern and Western hemisphere (new world and old world)

What were some effects of the Columbian Exchange on the Europeans. Select 2 correct answers.

• Begin to create colonies

• Countries gain wealth from natural resources of Americas

• Less goods were produced

• Diseases spread to the old world (Europe)

What were some effects of the Columbian Exchange on the Native Peoples. Select 2 correct answers.

• • New crops are introduced in Europe- helps to increase food supply and population

• Diseases spread to the Natives and millions died

• They began to create factories.

• Europeans take over their land

How is the Iroquois Confederacy similar to the U.S. government? Select 2 correct answers.

• They lived in the same time period.

• Both examples of democracy (government ruled by the people)

• • The Iroquois Confederacy joined (unites) 5 tribes together under one large government 

True or False:

A government that united the Iroquois, made laws, and solved problems for all the Iroquois tribes was called the Iroquois Confederacy.

• True

• False