Miscellaneous
Someone who has crossed at least one international border fleeing persecution or violence due to religion, race, political views, sexual orientation, etc.
What is a Refugee?
A thin strip of land connecting two larger landmasses to each other
What is an Isthmus?
Known as the mother culture of Mesoamerica, these people are famous for their large stone heads
Who were the Olmec?
A form of government in which the people elect leaders and rule by majority
What is a Democracy?
A metaphor used when speaking about the Spanish Conquest which represents violent fighting between conquistadors and indigenous peoples
What is the Sword?
The increasing interconnectedness and interdependence of the world's economies, cultures, and populations
What is Globalization?
The largest rift in the Earth, it is a great place for paleoanthropologists to find evidence of early humans
What is the Great Rift Valley?
Floating gardens used by the Aztecs in Tenochtitlan to farm on the island
What are Chinampas?
A government in which the leader has total power and control over their people and in which the citizens are expected to blindly follow
What is an Autocracy?
The Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec empire in 1521
Who was Hernan Cortes?
An African boy in Malawi who built a windmill to irrigate farmland in his village, saving his town from starving during the dry season
Who is William Kamkwamba?
A waterway connecting the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman
What is the Strait of Hormuz?
The emperor of the Aztec empire when Hernan Cortes arrived in Mesoamerica
Who was Moctezuma II?
A government in which the religious leaders are also the political leaders
What is a Theocracy?
A metaphor used when talking about the Spanish Conquest which represents catholic priests attempting to convert indigenous people to Catholicism
A European attempt to categorize people in Latin American countries into different ethnic groups
What are Caste Paintings?
A land bridge which once connected Asia to the Americas when the water depth was 100 meters shallower
What is Beringia?
This city, located in the Yucatan Peninsula, is an archeological site from the Mayan post-classic period
What is Chichen Itza?
A government in which a small group of people rule over many others which was common in many Central American countries
A book written by an Aztec person in Nahuatl and Spanish about the smallpox epidemic of the Aztecs
What is the Florentine Codex?
This crop was responsible for an increase in European population density during the Columbian Exchange
What is the Potato?
A body of water which contains brackish water, a mix between fresh water and salt water
What is an Estuary?
The 260-day long sacred Mayan calendar
What is the Tzolkin?
A government type where the leaders inherit authority from their bloodline
A Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incan Empire
Who was Francisco Pizarro?