Relier Pairs Unit One Vocabulary ReviewVersion en ligne This review covers the important vocabulary words from Unit One: Native Americans and Age of Exploration par Rachel Bauer 1 The Age of Exploration 2 Beringia 3 Culture 4 The Columbian Exchange 5 Reasons why the Age of Exploration happened, or continued on. 6 8 Culture Regions 7 Nomads 8 Mercantilism 9 A piece of land conquered and ruled by another country. The purpose of this land is to make the Mother Country wealthy and powerful. 10 Environment 11 A major European country that used Mercantilism and colonization to become powerful and wealthy. Examples are Spain, England, France and the Netherlands. What had the greatest impact in shaping Native American cultures Areas of North America in which various tribes who share characteristics and environments would live. Search for goods, spread religion, gain recognition throughout the world, find gold, and because new technology had been invented. Colony People who hunted and gathered their food. They were always moving around, for example, hunting mammoth or buffalo. An economic system in which Mother Countries acquire wealth and power by gaining materials from their colonies at cheap prices. A time when European countries sponsored voyages to distant parts of the world in order to obtain goods, claim land, or find gold. The centuries-long swap of ideas, plants, animals and goods between the Old and New Worlds after Columbus' voyage. The way of life of a group of people, including their religion, language, customs, clothing, shelter, food, etc. Land bridge where it is believed that some of the first people to live in America crossed over from Asia. Mother Country