Mesoamerican empires
Tikal was the primary city in this Mesoamerican Empire
the Mayan Empire
They formed a confederacy in modern day upstate New York
The Iroquois
In this year "Columbus sailed the ocean blue," as the rhyme says, and discovered America for the Western World
1492
This movement literally means "rebirth"
Renaissance
Named after an English Duke, this most common tie knot come in the "half" and "full" varieties
Windsor
This Mesoamerican culture famously carved giant heads
Olmecs
This tribe believes that the world is held up by rope on its four corners... no one know how they got there...
The Cherokee
Though some his crew ended up Circumnavigating the globe, he was killed in battle in the Philippines
Ferdinand Magellan
This happened in 1588
The Destruction of the Spanish Armada
Of all cities in the United States, only twelve have teams in these 4 major sports
Football, basketball, baseball, hockey
This was the year that Hernan Cortes first arrived in Tenochtitlan
1519
This tribe in modern day Oregon, which fished and made totem poles, has a helicopter named after them
Chinook
This Italian explorer mapped the New World and has the new continents named after him
Amerigo Vespucci
After he nailed his 95 thesis to a church door in modern day Germany, which argued against the state of the Catholic Church in 1517, historians marked the beginning of the Protestant Reformation
Martin Luther
The half size replica in Niles of this famous 12th Century structure inspired the Illinois city to become sister city to the Italian city the structure is named after
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
These were two major events that the Inca has just suffered when Francisco Pizzaro began his conquest of their empire
Civil war and a small pox outbreak
These three plants were commonly planted together by American Indians and are called "the three sisters"
Corn, beans, and squash
After his crew mutinied, this explorer was abandoned for dead in a large bay now named after him
Henry Hudson
Aristotle was one of the things brought back to Europe after these events
the Crusades
Adjusted for inflation, this 1939 film set during the Civil War is the highest grossing film of all time, making about $4.5 billion in today's money
Gone with the Wind
This is what Cortes put in the temples after tossing the pagan idols down the stairs
Images of of the Blessed Virgin
Santa Fe
"Croatoan" was the only clue he found of his abandoned colony when he returned to it in 1590.
Sir Walter Raleigh
The "Sea Dogs," or privateers, among whom is Sir Francis Drake and Christopher Newport, were commissioned by this English monarch
Queen Elizabeth I
This is the name of the solar system's largest Volcano. Rising 16 miles above the surface of Mars, the Volcano would dwarf even Mount Everest.
Olympus Mons