People
The most famous ruler of Mali and expanded Mali's domain westward
What is Mansa Musa?
A period lasting thousands of years during which the earth was covered by ice and glaciers
What is Ice Age
Children of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry
What is mestizos?
He conquered the Aztec Empire in 1521 and claiming Mexico for Spain
What is Hernan Cortes?
A period in history and a cultural movement marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity
What is the Renaissance?
The Spanish Crown divided Spain's American empire into two immense regions, each ruled by...
What is Viceroy?
he assembled a learned group of designers and maritime experts to design new ships, maps, and navigational instruments. Also had the nickname "The Navigator"
What is Prince Henry the Navigator?
The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old World of Europe and Africa and the New World of the Americas.
Friars tried to convert Indians to Christianity by building....
What is Missions?
In his 1492 'discovery' of the 'new world' of the Americas on board his ship Santa Maria
What is Christopher Columbus?
Historical sea passage of the North American continent.
What is the Northwest Passage?
To prosper in an Indian world the French had to adopt Indian ways, known as...
What is Coureurs de Bois?
He was key to French expansion in the New World. Known as the “Father of New France"
What is Samuel De Champlain?
A person of mixed indigenous and Euro-American ancestry, in particular, one of a group of such people
What is Metis?