Pre-European America
Before Europeans arrived, millions lived on these two continents.
What/Where is North America and South America
This Native American Capital Tenochtitlan of the BLANK civilization.
Who are the Aztecs?
The Continent Europeans wanted direct access to.
What/Where is Asia
Explorer whose 1492 voyage connected worlds.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The Conquistador who defeated the Aztecs.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
Frozen northern region inhabited by Native peoples.
What is The Arctic
The Empire with 25,000 miles of roads.
Who are the Inca?
What is the Inca Empire?
This Muslim Turkish Empire controlled the trade between Asia and Europe
Who are the Ottoman Empire?
What is the Ottoman Empire
Permanent settlements established by Europeans.
What are Colonies?
The Conquistador who conquered the Inca.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
Crop first cultivated in the Americas and staple food.
What is Maize (Corn)
Native Civilization with advanced writing and calendars.
Who are the Maya?
This movement in Europe encouraged learning and curiosity.
What is the Renaissance?
These European illnesses devastating Native populations
What are Epidemics/Disease?
What is Small Pox?
Partnerships with groups opposed to Aztecs.
The act of 2 separate parties coming together to defeat a foe.
What are Alliances?
The act of traveling between place to place and never settling down permanently
What is Nomadic culture?
Religious political authority over the government and people
What is a Theocracy?
A small ship with three large sails used to explore the sea
What is a Carvel?
Transfer of plants animals people and ideas during the Age of Colonization.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The Disease that killed millions following the arrival of Europeans in the Americas.
What is Smallpox?
The name of the farming system of the Inca.
What are Terraces/Terrace Farming?
Name of farms in Tenochtitlan.
What are Chinampas?
The Historical period that was launched by new trade routes and discoveries.
What is the Age of Exploration?
Hemisphere sought by European powers.
What is the Western Hemisphere?
Result of disease warfare and forced labor.
What is the Collapse of Native Empires?
What is the collapse of Native Civilizations?