Major VocabNative Americans Explorers Native Americans 2 Explorers 2

The name of the Ice Age Land bridge that may have brought the first inhabitants over from Asia. Row Question

Beringia Row Answer

The name for the region that includes much of Mexico and Central America. This is where the agricultural revolution took place, leading to the first civilizations in the Americas. Row Question

Mesoamerica Row Answer

The top three motivating factors for exploration of the Americas. Row Question

God, Glory, and Gold Row Answer

The term given to the learning of farming methods that happened between 9,000 and 10,000 years ago in the Americas is called Row Question

The agricultural revolution Row Answer

-Interactions between Native Americans and Europeans led the the sharing of ideas, livestock, foods, and disease. What is this called? Row Question

The Columbian Exchange Row Answer

This group is talented in engineering and mathematics. They developed complex calendars, built temple pyramids, and were experienced traders. Row Question

The Maya Row Answer

The Mississippian cultures built a great city which covered 5 square miles with hundreds of flat topped pyramids. The remains are 8 miles from St. Louis Missouri. What is its name? Row Question

-Cahokia Row Answer

Row Question Five nations bound together, maintaining an alliance to fight their rivals. They were the Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, and Mohawk. They created the alliance to be able to stop their own quarrels and fight the Huron people from whom threat was imminent.

Iroquois Confederacy Row Answer

Row Question Great military power that conquered neighboring cities with their military power. They controlled trade and demanded payments from cities they conquered.

The Aztec Row Answer

People of the Northeast (currently known as New England) who spoke the same language, built wigwams and longhouses, and practiced slash-and-burn farming. Row Question

The Algonquian Peoples Row Answer

He paid for expeditions and may have set up a navigation school for mapmakers, astronomers and ship-builders. Row Question

Prince Henry “The Navigator” Of Portugal Row Answer

Why was Portugal one of the first nations involved in exploration? Row Question

They are on the Westernmost edge of Europe and enemies were to the East. Row Answer

The explorer that repeated Columbus’s voyage and determined that it was not Asia, but a new land mass that had been found. The land mass took on his name. Row Question

Amerigo Vespucci (Spain) Row Answer

Who discovered Florida while sailing from Puerto Rico? Row Question

Juan Ponce de Leon (Spain) Row Answer

He defeated the Aztecs and destroyed their capital city, the site of present day Mexico City. Row Question

Hernan Cortes (Spain) Row Answer

English explorer who, in 1609, explored Northeastern North America including several waterways that became useful trade routes. Row Question

Henry Hudson Row Answer

An Italian that sailed for the English in 1497; he claimed parts of Canada (we think) for England, thinking he had found a route to Asia. Row Question

John Cabot Row Answer

French explorer that founded Quebec, the capital of what became New France, in Row Question

Samuel de Champlain Row Answer

Led an expedition through Florida and parts of NC, Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, and Texas. They raided villages of the natives for supplies. Row Question

Hernando de Soto (Spain) Row Answer

Explorer that likely landed San Salvador, incorrectly identified the people, eventually enslaved natives, disappointed colonists with false promises of riches, and forced the enslaved to mine for gold. Row Question

Christopher Columbus Row Answer

Native tribe known for irrigation canals, pottery, and crops such as corn, cotton, beans, and squash. Row Question

The Hohokam Row Answer

The largest group in the Southeast (where we live). There were around 20,000 of them in 60 towns across this area. Row Question

The Cherokee Row Answer

Spanish word given to large multistory buildings of the Anisazi. Row Question

Pueblos Row Answer

The general name given to groups on the Westernmost border of America. They built canoes, homes, and totem poles, relying on the dense forests of that area. Row Question

The Pacific Coast groups Row Answer

Native group from the Great Plains that became skilled on horseback after the introduction of the horse by Europeans. Row Question

Sioux Row Answer