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What two continents make up Eurasia?
Europe and Asia
Why did early Americans cross the land bridge?
They were following animals
What are FOUR REASONS why Europeans dominated the world?
Eurasia, Food-Producers, Domesticated Animals, Greatest East-West Axis
What is a surplus?
Having extra food; more than what is immediately needed
The Great Plains is (describe terrain and location)
The flat, fertile land between the Mississippi River and Rocky Mountains
What was the Iroquois Confederacy?
Created by the six Iroquois nations to unify and strengthen the people.
What are domesticated animals?
Animals that can be bred and used for human purposes.
A rebirth of learning was known as the?
Renaissance
The time period that brought Europe out of the dark ages
The Crusades
A focus on the state instead of religion is called?
Secularism
A focus on the individual instead of the group?
humanism
Realizing that there are other cultures in the world, besides one's own is know as?
worldliness
The conquistadores came from which country?
Spain
Italy became wealthy, by using large groups of people that move goods from place to place. This is called a?
caravan
When one country controls an entire good or service is called a?
Monopoly
Who was responsible for Portugal becoming expert sailors?
Prince Henry the Navigator
