HIST 2055 Chapter : Chapter One Hist 2055
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Complete the following according to the guidelines given in the course introduction and submit to the independent & distance learning for grading. Briefly identify and state the significance of five of the following. (you will not get credit for responding to more than five. ) (4 points each) Examine the spread of spanish dominance over the americans during the sixteenth century. Beringia: linked today"s siberia and alaska at the bering strait and extended a s much as a thousand miles north to south. That landmass existed because great glaciers had sucked up so much water that the world"s oceans sank some 300 feet. The earliest migrants may have traveled over it. Conquistadores: or conquerors-tough , avaricious spaniards, generally of low birth or the younger sons of noble families, eager to improve their place in life-set out in search of other peoples to subdue and despoil. They sailed beyond europe, conquering territory and opening trade routes.
