LUOA - U.S. History Exam Questions and Answers Latest 2024/2025 | Graded | Liberty University

LUOA - U.S. History Exam Questions and Answers Latest 2024/2025 | Graded | Liberty University. Archeology - The scientific study of material evidence of the past. Cahokia - A Native American city that boasted a population of 20,000 before the 1490's. Cactus Hill - One of the oldest archaeological sites in North America. Bering Strait Thesis - The most popular view is that the ice age lowered teh water level enough so that a land bridge appeared in teh Bering Strait. Pacific Ocean Thesis - Some of the Native America people could have crossed the Pacific Ocean from Asia by boat. Inuit - Lived in harsh environments in Alaska and the Far North. Kwakiutl - Lived near the coast of northern California to southern Alaska. Homes and canoes made of wood from the forests. Intermountain Tribes - Lived in harsh landscapes within modern-day Southern California and among the Rocky Mountains. Lakota - Lived in the Great Plains, they were mostly farmers and hunters. Hunters lived in teepees when necessary. Pueblo (Southwest) - Desert and high area near cliffs and mountains. Many were cliff dwellers with large settlements build into cliff faces, they lived in Adobe houses. Europe before Christopher Columbus' first voyage... - ...America was not unknown. Scholars understood there was a land to the west and knew the world was round, but there were misunderstandings of the position and expanse of the land across the Atlantic Ocean. Contributing Factors to Exploration - Commercial and Economic Growth "New Monarchs" - Feudal barons consolidated power under one ruling authority often though force. Louis XI - French king who reorganized teh financial structure of the nation and consolidated his power. Henry VII - English King John II - Portuguese king who increased royal authority and encouraged overseas exploration. Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain - United the kingdoms of Aragon and Castille which led to the Spanish Reconquista. Reconquista - The reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula from Muslim people and rulers. Geographia - A second-century text by Ptolemy which was the most detailed description of the known world. Johann Gutenberg - Invented the printing press. Caravel - A small ship developed by the Portuguese that was strong enough to withstand the open ocean but maneuverable enough for trading in crowded harbors. LUOA - U.S. History Exam Questions and Answers Latest 2024/2025 | Graded | Liberty University Other developments in Europe - Compass, astrolabe, quadrant, and the traverse board. Logline - Measured a ship's speed. Martin Luther - A German priest who founded the Lutheran Church and started a new branch of the church by questioning the existing church. John Calvin - A French Protestant who established a settlement in Geneva. "Bloody Mary" - English queen who persecuted Protestants, giving inspiration to one of the most popular works of the age, Foxe's Book of Martyrs. French Wars of Religion - A 36-year period between French Protestants and French Catholics which rocked the nation. The Thirty Years' War - A Holy Roman Empire war, it began primarily as a religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants. Chirstopher Columbus - Italian sailor who discovered the New World in four separate voyages. Hisponiola - Large Caribbean island consisting of Haiti and The Dominican Republic. La Navidad - The first Spanish settlement in the New World. Columbus' First Voyage - Columbus established La Navidad and returend to Europe. Columbus' Second Voyage - Columbus discovered La Navidad to be destroyed and the Spanish who were left behind were dead. Columbus reestablished the colony and named it Hispaniola after moving it to the Southern coast of Santo Domingo. Columbus' Third Voyage - Columbus explored the Southern Caribbean to South America until a mutiny on Hispaniola sent him back to Spain as a prisoner. Columbus' Fourth Voyage - He was able to exonerate himself and make a final trip to investigate Central America before his death a few years later. Amerigo Vespucci - He joined four expeditions to the New World, even captaining one of the vessels. He recieved primary credit for the discovery of the land that was later named for him, America. Treaty of Alcacovas - Portuguese treaty that ended the Castilian Civil War and ceded the Canaries to Spain. Pope Alexander VI - Pope of Rome who wanted authority in the New World. Treat of Tordesillas - Established Spanish rule over territory west of the Azores & Cape Verde Islands. New Spain - Encompassed the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and north portions of South America.