8 Culture Regions
Reasons why the Age of Exploration happened, or continued on.
A major European country that used Mercantilism and colonization to become powerful and wealthy. Examples are Spain, England, France and the Netherlands.
The Age of Exploration
Culture
The Columbian Exchange
Nomads
Beringia
Environment
A piece of land conquered and ruled by another country. The purpose of this land is to make the Mother Country wealthy and powerful.
Mercantilism
Mother Country
Search for goods, spread religion, gain recognition throughout the world, find gold, and because new technology had been invented.
What had the greatest impact in shaping Native American cultures
The way of life of a group of people, including their religion, language, customs, clothing, shelter, food, etc.
Areas of North America in which various tribes who share characteristics and environments would live.
The centuries-long swap of ideas, plants, animals and goods between the Old and New Worlds after Columbus' voyage.
Colony
Land bridge where it is believed that some of the first people to live in America crossed over from Asia.
An economic system in which Mother Countries acquire wealth and power by gaining materials from their colonies at cheap prices.
People who hunted and gathered their food. They were always moving around, for example, hunting mammoth or buffalo.
A time when European countries sponsored voyages to distant parts of the world in order to obtain goods, claim land, or find gold.
