Colonies and other questions
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- How did Geography affect the way that the American Indian developed his civilization?
- Inca- terrace farming, built cities at high altitude, became strong from thin air. Aztecs, chinampas because they were surrounded by water.
- Why establish colonies
- To benefit the mother country with money and valuable exports
- What is a colony
- A group of people who settle a land in benefit of their mother country
- Colonists dress
- The more cloth, the more expensive, the higher your social class.
- "He is a real Renaissance man"
- It is a person who has a lot of mixed interest, broad minded, open to trying new things or ideas
- What are disadvantages of colonies
- Yes, the cost to start them, the problem that they might fail, the problem of protecting it, trying to rule it from so far away, and the possibility that it might split away from the mother country.
- Why venture to new world?
- The prospect of finding gold or other jewels and seeking out your fortune or giving your name fame
- What were the sides of the French-Indian War
- French- had many Indian tribes on their side, but none were very big. British had Iroqois on their side. The reason it occured like this is because the Iroqouis didn't hate the French, but hated the tribes that joined the French
- What is "culture"
- The way of life of a given people
- What impact did the European invasion of North America have on native people
- Negative: Natives were pushed off their own lands and forced to move elsewhere. Millions were killed down in the Caribean. Positive: Natives benefited from trade the Europeans brought. Gained more knowledge about things