Early Native Americans
This is how archaeologists believe the first Americans came to this continent from Asia.
What is walked across a land bridge. Or came by boat?
This explorer sailed from Spain and thought he found the East Indies when he landed near America.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This era in Europe caused increased scientific exploration, and prompted the age of exploration.
What is the Renaissance?
This was one of the major causes of conflict between Europeans and Native Americans.
What is land ownership, treatment of Native Americans, lack of communication, culture shock or difference of intentions?
These continents made up the New World.
What are North and South America.
It is hard to know how exactly how many Native Americans lived in the United States prior to Columbus, because by the time Europeans moved East there were so many fewer Natives because of this.
The spread of European disease.
This is the year of Columbus' maiden voyage
What is 1492?
The closure of this road, a key trade because of the fall of Constantinople led to Europe wanting to find new trade routes.
What is the silk road?
This group came with explorers to convert Native Americans to Christianisty
Who are European Missionaries.
These continents made up the Old World
Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia
This is the name of the group of people who Columbus made contact with.
Who are the Tainos?
In order to keep up with Portugese trade, this country sent the first explorers to what would be known as the Americas.
What is Spain?
What Europe was wanting by sailing to the Americas.
What are new trade routes, ( a faster way, easier way to the East)?
The term for a country that sends out an explorer
What is a sponsor?
Which part of the world gave us chocolate.
What is New World?
This determined the characteristics of each Native American group in North America. (What made them different from other Native Groups)
What is the environment in which they lived?
This explorer nearly navigated across the whole world.
Who is Magellan?
These are the 3 g's that prompted Europe to explore the Americas.
What are gold, glory and God.
What are intentions.
This part of the world gave us bananas
What is new world?
This was the largest known Native American settlement prior to Columbus.
What is Cahokia?
Ponce De Leon explored Florida searching for this mythical place.
What is the fountain of youth?
The take over of Turkey (Constantinople) by this Empire made travel by land to Asia much more difficult for Europe
This is the system of forced labor used by the Spanish in the Southwest.
What is encomienda
This part of the world gave us coffee
What is Old World?