Early Americas
The first Americans crossed a ______________ from Asia to North America
land bridge
The entire way of life for a people. Includes music, clothing, food, art, language
culture
The year Columbus left Spain.
1492
A person who moves from place to place in search of food.
nomad
Christopher Columbus was trying to sail to____________
India or Asia
Thick sheets of ice
glaciers
sun-dried brick
adobe
Name 2 animals Europeans brought to the Americas
horses, pigs, cattle, chickens
The Iroquois called themselves "people of the __________ house."
long
Viking explorer who traveled to North America more than 500 years before Columbus.
Leif Erikson
The Aztec believed the sun god required ____________ in order for the sun to rise each day.
human sacrifices
American Indians felt a _____________ connection to nature.
close
Ferdinand Magellan
European ______________ killed many American Indians.
dieseases
name 2 crops American Indians introduced to European explorers
corn, potatoes, beans, blueberries, tomatoes, squash, pineapple, sweet potatoes, peanuts
Aztec capital city. Present-day Mexico City
Learning to _____________ helped people stay in one place and build permanent homes
farm
Vasco Nunez de Balboa discovered which ocean
Pacific
Ohio is located in which American Indian culture region?
Eastern Woodlands
The Spanish forced American Indians to be _________.
slaves
The Inca built a system of _____________ to unite their empire.
roads
a plant or animal the Natchez used for food
The exhange of animals, plants, people, diseases, food, government, technology, the arts, and languages from Europe to the Americas
The Columbian Exhange
What did the Iroquois call corn, beans, and squash?
The 3 sisters
Aztec and Maya priests studied the ______________.
sun, moon, and stars