Ancient American Civilizations
Conquered by the Spanish, also known as the Mexica.
Who are the Aztec?
The first European nation to settle in the Americas.
What is Spain?
The explorer that America is named after.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
The most famous Sea Dog.
Who is Sir Francis Drake?
The English settlement established in 1607 in modern-day Viginia.
What is Jamestown?
The oldest of the ancient American civilizations.
Who are the Olmec?
The economic system that based a countries wealth off of the amount of gold and silver they possessed.
What is mercantilism?
The European explorer that landed in the Bahamas and called the people "Indians" because he thought he was in the East Indies.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The name of the English pirates that were known for robbing Spanish ships.
Who are the Sea Dogs?
The period of time when several English settlers died due to starvation.
What is the "Starving Time?"
The Ancient Civilization in America that built pyramids.
Who are the Maya?
The country that payed for Christopher Columbus to try to find a shorter route to Asia.
What is Spain?
The Spanish explorer that conquered the Aztecs.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
The reason why we speak English in America and not Spanish.
What is the Sea Dog defeat of the Spanish in the 1580s?
The "Lost Colony."
What is Roanoke?
The only Ancient American Civilization that was located in South America.
Who are the Inca?
The last of the major European nations to settle in the Americas.
What is England?
The explorer that landed in the Americas almost 500 years before any other European explorers.
Who is Leif Ericson?
The excuse the King of Spain needed to invade England in the 1580s.
What is the spread of Catholicism.
The man that was responsible for establishing the first English settlement in America.
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh?
The Ancient American civilization known as the "rubber people."
Who are the Olmec?
The European nation that did not attempt to conquer but rather establish trade partners in the Americas.
What is France?
The explorer that claimed the eastern part of what we know as the United States for England in 1497.
Who is John Cabot?
The name of the fleet of ships from Spain that the Sea Dogs defeated in the 1580s.
What is the Spanish Armada?
The first English settlement in the Americas.
What is Roanoke?