Vocabulary
Early Civilizations
Indigenous Americans
Building Global Empires
Modern Day
100

The prevailing weather conditions in a particular area

Climate

100

The oldest pair of pants was found in this country

CHina

100

The Three Sisters crops included which plants?

Corn, beans, squash

100

Country European explorers were actually looking for

Asia

100

Who is the president of the United States of America?

Joe Biden

200

The process of one country claiming land and creating settlements in another area

Colonization

200

the verbal sharing and retelling of stories and information; a main method of preserving past knowledge before people developed systems of writing

Oral Tradition

200

A mountain range in eastern North America that extends from Alabama into Canada

Appalachian Mountains

200

Religion Europeans sought to spread throughout the world

Christianity 

200

Who is the principal of Washington Middle School?

Cindy Olson

300

a group of states or countries under the control of one ruler

Empire

300

Firsthand accounts, or original materials of history

Primary source

300

Indigenous people of the Great Plans relied upon which animal?

American Bison

300

The transfer of goods, agricultural products, diseases, animals, plant life, and people across the Atlantic Ocean starting in 1492

Columbian Exchange

300

Who is the governor of Wisconsin?

Tony Evers

400

The study of past and present human cultures

Anthropology

400

How long ago did people migrate to the region that would become known as North America?

18,000 years ago

400

A natural resource found in the Southwest region of America

Clay

400

16th-century armed explorer-soldier; conquered lands for Spain in Central and South America in the 16th century

Conquistador

400

How many students go to Washington Middle School?

711

500

The original or native inhabitants of a place

Indigenous

500

Someone who learns about the past by planning and completing excavations, sometimes called "digs," to uncover objects from past human lives

Archaeologist

500

Who is thought to be the first historian?

Herodotus

500

The social structure in the Spanish colony valued _________ heritage.

European

500

When did Wisconsin become a state?

1848

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