HIST 2055 : History Study Guide
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Material contained in this study guide is broken up into sections correlating with the quiz that it was on. For example: material concerning pre-columbus america would be info under quiz. 1, while material concerning pre-civil war would be on quiz 4. All of the material came from my study guides from the previous tests. That"s why the format is weird under certain sections. I added in new stuff here and there. America, near present-day mexico city (the aztec capital: they believed in a spirit-filled world. Animals were spirits, nature was spirits, we all lived together in harmony: they often formed villages instead of cities because villages were easier to move, the portuguese practically invented european exploration. They were the first to explore the west coast of africa. Prince henry the navigator was one of the explorers. (europeans thought. Africans were evil at the time bc they associated all bad things with darkness, aka otherization: columbus wasn"t very talented.
