Native American Societies
Exploration
Explorers
The Columbian Exchange
Spanish Colonization
Comparing cultures
100

This crop became the main staple of many Native American tribes. 

What is corn(maize)? 

100

The fall of this city to Ottoman rule led to European traders seeking alternative routes to Asia 

Constantinople 

100

Conquistador who conquered the Aztecs 

Hernan Cortes 

100

This crop from the Americas became a staple food in Ireland.

Potato

100

Spanish colonists often married Native Americans, creating this mixed-race group.
 

Mestizos 

100

Native Americans generally viewed land ownership in this way.
 

Land is communal/shared use rather than private ownership?

200

This type of farming involved planting corn, beans and squash all together.

What is Three Sister Farming?

200

Innovations in maritime technology that helped spark the age of exploration (at least 2)

Magnetic Compass & Caravel

200

Explorer who claimed parts of the Northeast for the English 

John Cabot 

200

The ability to grow sugar cane in the Caribbean led to the formation of this economic system

plantation system 

200

The Spanish system that forced Native Americans to labor in exchange for “protection” was called what?

The Encomienda System 
200

Unlike many European societies, most Native American groups had this type of family lineage system, where inheritance was traced through the mother.
 

Matrilineal or matriarchal 

300

This civilization in present-day Mexico built large cities like Tenochtitlán and practiced tribute systems.

Aztecs 

300

Who were the 2 key players in early exploration 

Spain and Portugal 

300

Explorer who claimed he found the fountain of youth and established Spanish presence in Florida 

Ponce de Leon 
300
What did the Europeans introduce to native societies that greatly impacted tribes like the Sioux?

Large livestock/horses 

300

This Spanish priest  criticized Spanish mistreatment of Native Americans.
 

Bartolome de las Casas 

400

Most American-Indian groups followed this type of lineage which placed women at the top of the social-political pyramid as keepers of the villages and advisers to chiefs.

What is matralineal

400

Spain divided its new territories in the Americas with Portugal in this 1494 treaty.

Treaty of Tordesillas

400

Spanish Explorer who "discovered" the Pacific

Balboa 


400

What factor of the Columbian Exchange led to a population surge in Europe?

The introduction of calorically dense foods such as corn and potatoes

400

The name of the debate that centered around the abuses of the Encomienda system.

Valladolid Debate 

500

Eastern Woodland tribes, such as the Iroquois, formed this type of political alliance to promote peace and defense.

Iroquois Confederacy 

500

This event contributed to the Catholic Church supporting colonization in hopes to strengthen the power of the Church by increasing the number of followers.

Protestant Reformation 

500
Conquistador who conquered the Inca's

Francisco Pizzaro 

500

Spain was credited with the decimation of indigenous populations of the Americas in what would become known as...

The Black Legend 
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