WEEK 1
THESE WERE THE FIRST PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THE USA
NATIVE AMERICANS
HOW MUCH LAND IS CONTROLLED BY SOMEONE ELSE
TERRITORY
RALEIGH IS THIS FOR OUR STATE, AND WASHINGTON D.C. IS THIS FOR OUR COUNTRY
CAPITAL
SAYING HELLO TO SOMEONE OR SOMETHING NEW
INTRODUCE
THESE PEOPLE BUILT MACHU PICCHU
INCA
SOMEONE WHO SAILED AROUND THE WORLD LOOKING FOR NEW THINGS
EXPLORER
SOMEONE IN THE MILITARY WHO FIGHTS FOR THEIR COUNTRY
SOLDIER
THE PERSON IN CHARGE OVER LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE
RULER
TO MEET SOMEBODY YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D SEE
ENCOUNTER
THESE PEOPLE BUILT GIANT STONE HEADS
OLMEC
CUSTOM
A RELATIVE WHO DIED A LONG LONG TIME AGO
ANCESTOR
HOWEVER FAR OUT A CIVILIZATION'S TERRITORY GOES
EMPIRE
A MAJOR PROBLEM BETWEEN 2 OR MORE PEOPLE
CONFLICT
THESE PEOPLE USED HUMAN SACRIFICE TO APPEASE THEIR MANY GODS
AZTEC
THE TRADITIONS/BELIEFS/LIFESTYLE OF A CERTAIN GROUP OR COMMUNITY
CULTURE
BUILDINGS LEFT BEHIND FROM A PAST CIVILIZATION
RUINS
EUROPEANS WHO CAME TO THE AMERICAS SEARCHING FOR MONEY AND POWER
CONQUISTADORS
TO TAKE COMPLETE CONTROL OVER A BUNCH OF LAND AND/OR PEOPLE
CONQUER
MAYA
THIS CONQUERING COUNTRY SPOKE SPANISH
SPAIN
THIS CONQUERING COUNTRY SPOKE FRENCH
FRANCE
THIS CONQUERING COUNTRY SPOKE ENGLISH
ENGLAND/BRITISH EMPIRE
MOST OF THE MESOAMERICAN SOCIETIES LIVED HERE
MEXICO
WHEN EUROPEANS ARRIVED IN THE AMERICAS, MOST OF THE INDIGENOUS GROUPS WERE WIPED OUT BY THIS
DISEASE