Mississippian Cultures
This is the name of the most famous Mississippian culture located in what is now southern Illinois and Missouri.
What is Cahokia.
This civilization is distinguished by its giant head statues.
Who are the Olmec.
Who was the Spanish commander who led the expedition to Mexico?
What was the main economic endeavor of the French in Canada?
What is "fur trading."
What year did the English defeat of the Spanish Armada occur?
What is 1588
Mississippian cultures are known for what distinct architectural feature?
Mounds/mound building.
Which pre-Columbian society lived in the jungles of the Yucatan Peninsula?
Who are the Maya.
Which empire built its networks through experienced merchants and sailors?
Who are the Dutch.
What is wampum and what was it used for?
It consisted of shell beads from S New England that the Algonquian and Iroquois women created that became a ceremonial and diplomatic commodity.
Name two other ancient civilizations in North America.
What are the Hohokum, Anasazi, or Haudanasaunee. Or would also accept Olmec, Toltec, or Maya.
Was Teotihuacan built before or after Tenochtitlan?
Before.
What is the name of Cortes' Indigenous allies during the conqeust?
Who are the Tlaxcallans.
Which European power was known for intermarrying with Native American women and using them as cultural intermediaries?
Who are the French.
What is the name of the treaty promulgated by the Pope that split the Atlantic World between the Spanish and Portuguese?
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas.
In Cahokia, people did not leave any written records. What types of evidence do historians use to understand these cultures?
Archaeological artifacts: tools, pottery, architecture.
What is the actual name that the Aztec are known by? The name they would have used for themselves?
What is the name of Cortes' translator and mistress?
Who is Malintzin.
Which European power is credited with initiating the transatlantic slave trade?
Who is Portugal.
A cross-cultural space that allowed for Native American and European interaction, negotiation, and accommodation.
What does the name "Haudenosaunee" translate as?
What was the name of the Aztec original homeland?
Which friar authored the account of the Spanish in the Americas?
Who is Bartolomeu de las Casas.
What modern-day city was formerly known as "New Amsterdam" and was settled by the Dutch?
What is New York.
Who is Kateri Tekakwitha?
She was a Mohawk/Algonquian woman who converted to Catholicism, suffered for her faith, died, and would become a saint.