South America.
Name given to the time when humans discovered farming, settled in one place, and domesticated animals.
The Agricultural revolution
Tribes in the Southwest lived in stone brick homes under cliff overhangs to avoid the sun and stay cool.
Adobes
What were the three reasons for European Colonization in the New World.
God, Gold, and Glory.
Type of crops grown to sell for profit and very labor intensive.
Cash Crops
T/F - Native populations suffered very little during colonization and exploration by the Europeans.
False
Mayans used this farming technique to clear land and use the remains to fertilize the soil.
Slash and Burn.
The tribes of the great plains used almost every part of what animals to survive
Buffalo/Bison
What 3 things made it "easy" for Europeans to colonize the New World?
Guns, Germs, and Steel
Spanish Colonizers did what to native populations to work on plantations and mines.
Enslaved/Enslavement
T/F - European power did not gain very much wealth or resources from the New World
False.
Stair-like structures were built into the side of the Andes mountains, stabilizing their cities and allowing them to farm.
Terraces.
Some N. American tribes could live a lifestyle of moving around and following herds of animals. This was called...
Hunter/Gatherer
What Religion was spread, usually by force, by European colonizers.
Christanity
Name given to the buying and selling of African slaves to the New World after natives died off
Trans Atlantic Slave Trade
The tribes tamed animals; horses, Llamas, etc for use as food, tools, and other needs. This process is called
Domestication
The Aztecs used these man-made islands to farm and build their capital city, Tenochtitlan.
Chinampas
Theory states that humans first came into America along the coast using boats
Coastal Route Theory
Which country/continent colonized and explored the new world, taking its resources and destroying most of the native populations?
Europe.
Spanish soldiers who came in search of the three Gs were called...
Conquistadors
What disease in Europe ended most of the traveling and exploration and made Europeans "forget" about the Americas.
Black Death/Plague
The theory states that early humans crossed into N. America over the exposed land bridge connecting Siberia and Alaska
Land Bridge Theory
Name of the first major native American city having tens of thousands of people, located near modern St. Louis.
Cohokia
The "exchange" of foods, animals, and diseases between New World America and Old World Europe.
The Columbian Exchange.
Which N. American colonial regions say the biggest increase in the use of slavery was due to growing cash crops.
South/southern/Britain
Name was given to three crops often grown together as they help the other in some (Corn, beans, Sqaush)
Three sisters