Tools, weapons, baskets or carvings or early people
artifacts
Name the "big 4"
Aztec, Inca, Maya, Olmec
what the title means of this category
"rebirth" (new age of thinking and being smart)
Thought that by sailing west, he would reach India. "Discovered" America for Europeans.
Christopher Columbus
Roanoke
The study of ancient people
archaeology
Capital was Tenochtitlan
Aztecs
A series of Holy Wars fought between the Christians and the Muslims
Crusades
First to sail around the world
Ferdinand Magellan
Governor of the "Lost Colony"
John White
turned nomads into farmers
discovery of maize
Inca's religious center, located high in the Andes Mountains
Machu Picchu
This book inspired millions to be an adventurer like the author, Marco Polo
"Travels"
First to map out the entire west coast of Africa
Bartolomeu Dias
The mysterious word carved into the fence post when White returned
Croatoan
reason early Paleos first came to North America
following their food source
The oldest civilization of the Big 4
Olmec
Reason why Europeans didn't travel and explore like other countries
Stuck in the "Dark Ages"
First to reach India by water
Vasco da Gama
Roanoke is located off the coast of what modern-day state
North Carolina
Mr. Desmond's close personal friend and leading expert in the field of Paleo Native archaeology and what did he discover?
Dr. Leland Bement, oldest painted artifact in North American history.
Invented the 365-day calendar and built on Lake Texcoco. (two different tribes)
Maya, Aztecs
List 5 of the technological advances that paved the way for European exploration.
Astrolabe, Printing Press, Compass, Quadrant, 3-masted caravel, more accurate maps and mapmakers.
the Portuguese Prince that first started to finance expeditions and the Queen that gave Columbus some money for his trip
Prince Henry the Navigator, Queen Isabella
The Emory University Professor who was given the Dare Stone rock and island where Scott Dawson believes the lost colony went.
Hayward Pierce Jr and Croatoan Island.