Definitions
What is the word for this definition?
thick sheets of ice
a glacier
when did glaciers cover most of the earth?
10,000-100,000 years ago
What were the 3 biggest civilizations that were in America?
Mayas, Incas, and the Aztecs
What is the title to Chapter 1?
Roots of the American People
What year was the U.S constitution written?
1787
What is the word for this definition?
an advanced culture in which people have developed cities, science, and industries
A civilization
when did Honokam farmers dig irrigation canals
300 B.C to 1450 A.D
Who helped the Portuguese expand their power and spread Christianity to new lands?
Henry the Navigator
What is the name of this section?
mentions theories of how people came to the Americas
The First Americans
what are the 3 branches on government
Legislative Branch, Judicial Branch, Executive Branch
What is the word for this definition?
large farms worked by laborers who live on the property
a plantation
When did Judaism first arise?
1700 B.C.
A Spanish colonist who explored the Caribbean coast of what is now Panama?
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
What is the name of this section?
This section talks about how Africa linked trade to other countries
The African Link in Trade
The idea of a state declaring a federal law illegal
Nullification
What is the word for this definition?
a sea route from the Atlantic to the Pacific that passed through or around North America
When did Columbus take out his 3 ships
Bonus: name the ships
August 1492
Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
Who sailed from Cuba to Mexico with 500 soliders?
Hernando Cortes
What is the name of this section?
Discusses Ancient Greece and Rome
What is the 15th amendment of the U.S?
Guarantees the right to vote to all citizens regardless to race
What is the word for this definition?
an agreement between parties that benefits them both
an alliance
When did the Spanish defeat the leaderless Incas and capture the city of Cuzco?
November 1533
Who was the Italian explorer that decided there was a northern route to Asia that would be shorter/easier?
John Cabot
What's the title of Chapter 2?
Europe Looks Outward
An invention by Eli Whitney that speeded the cleaning of cotton fibers and in effect, increased the need for slaves.
Cotton Gin