Native America & West Africa
This religion spread into West Africa through trade and became particularly influential among merchants and rulers.
Islam
This European explorer reach the Americas in 1492.
Christopher Columbus
The widespread transfer of plants, animals, diseases, and people between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres is known by this name.
Columbian Exchange
This was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
Jamestown
This cash crop in the Virginia colony proved to be a valuable export.
Tobacco
This crop was one of the most important foods grown by Native American civilizations such as the Maya and Aztec.
Maize/corn
This is the name given to Spanish militants who were tasked with conquering lands in America on behalf of the Spanish crown.
Conquistadors
Between 50-90% of Native Americans died in the aftermath of Europeans' arrival due to what?
Diseases like smallpox and measles
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This was the second permanent English settlement in North America.
Plymouth Colony
This is the name of the scientific and artistic rebirth in Europe which blossomed during the 15th and 16th centuries.
Renaissance
This powerful West African empire grew wealthy partly through trans-Saharan trade and was centered around cities such as Timbuktu.
Songhai Empire
This was the king and queen who funded the first successful Spanish voyage to the Americas.
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
The Spanish system that granted colonists the right to demand labor or tribute from Indigenous people was called this.
Encomienda system
This type of worker agreed to a contract to work 4-7 years in exchange for their voyage to the Americas to be paid for.
Indentured servant
This is the name of the soldier of fortune who conquered a major Native American civilization in the 1500s with just 500 men and 10 cannon.
Hernan Cortes
This was the means by which it is believed many early peoples migrated to the Americas during the Great Ice Age.
Beringia land bridge
This technology proved critical in allowing seafarers to determine their point of latitude while at sea.
Astrolabe
This is the social category name for people in New Spain who had Spanish and Native ancestry.
Mestizo
This was the group of people who left England to start a new, more religiously pure Christian society elsewhere.
Pilgrims
This is the name of the Native American rebellion in 1680 which deposed Spanish authority in what is today New Mexico.
Pope's Rebellion or Pueblo Revolt
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The three major civilizations of the Americas that existed at the time of arrival of Europeans were called what?
Aztec, Maya, and Inca Empires
This marine technology allowed boats to sail against the prevailing winds. It was adapted from Arabian boat designs.
Lateen sail
This Spanish priest condemned the mistreatment and enslavement of Indigenous Americans and argued that they were fully rational human beings.
Bartolomé de las Casas
This person's leadership saved Jamestown from total collapse.
John Smith
This is the name of the agreement that pledged self-government on behalf of the common good in one of the earliest English colonies.
Mayflower Compact