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What crop became an important source of income for the settlers at Jamestown?
Tobacco
The House of Burgesses was the first ......?
What aspect of New England geography made farming a challenge for the English settlers?
Short growing seasons and cold winters
What was a unique feature of the Province of Maryland
It was promoted as a refuge for English Catholics
What is true about the Province of Georgia?
It was used as a debtor's colony
Climates and landscapes that surround living things?
Environment
A landbridge between Asia and Alaska that was exposed during the most recent Ice Age when the waters of the Bering Strait receded
Beringia Land Bridge
People who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive?
hunter-gatherers
Once the Spanish had control of the Aztec empire, they instituted a slave and land system known as
encomienda
After the conquest of the Aztecs, the Spanish governor Cortez renamed the province to
New Spain
An Alliance of Native Americans in North America
Iroquois League
The process of growing or improving
Develop
Vast Grassland between the Mississippi River and the Rocky mountains
Great Plains
An early Native American people who lived in the American Southwest
Anasazi
Civilization (1200-1500 AD) that was located in the Andes in Peru
Incas
The first civilization to appear in Mexico
Olmecs
Ancient civilization (1200-1521 AD) that was located in what is present day Mexico City
Aztecs
What was the French main interest in their colonies in North America
Fur Trade
What two major native American empires existed in the Americas before the arrival of Europeans.
Aztecs and Incas
What major resource were the Europeans looking for once they discovered the Americas?
Gold
Columbus set out on his voyage in what year?
1492
When the Spanish arrived in the New World, their missionaries set out to spread which religion among the native populous
Christianity
Which Spanish conquistador set out to conquer the Inca empire
Francisco Pizarro
When the Spanish arrive to conquer the Inca empire, who was in charge of the Incan Empire
Atahualpa
Who was the last emporer of the Aztecs?
Montezuma