Comparison
This region of Native Americans primarily hunted bison, scarcely planted crops, and called their primary dwellings Teepees.
Who were the Great Plains Native America tribes?
These were the "three G's" that were in part a motivating factor in driving European countries to explore the "New World".
What are Gold, God & Glory?
This innovation CHANGED the lives of Native Americans, allowing them to become less nomadic and more sedentary.
What is agriculture?
This Italian man sailed under the Spanish flag and sought to find a faster western trade route to India.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
These three crops revolutionied the world of Native American tribes allowing them to become more sedentary and build larger civilizations.
What were the "three sisters"?
(Corn - Beans - Squash)
This region of Native Americans lived in "long homes", focused on trapping and trading furs as well as developing a confederacy or alliance between tribes.
Who were the North Eastern Native American tribes?
(Iroquois / Mohawk etc..)
This European country pioneered exploration into the "New World", enriched themselves with gold, and aimed to "conquer" as much territory as possible.
What is Spain?
This disease was responsible for ravaging Native American populations throughout North America.
What was small pox?
This English statesman paved the way for later settlements such as Roanoke off the coast of Virginia.
Who was Sir Walter Raleigh?
This was the name given to Spanish explorers who sought to plunder gold and other resources from the "New World.
Who were Conquistadors?
This region of Native American tribes lived in clay mud - brick dwellings, mastered irrigation techniques and used turquise as currency.
Who were the Southwest Native American tribes?
(Pueblo - Hopi - Navajo)
This European country focused on trade routes and post while settling near the Great Lakes.
What is France?
This system of government allowed Iroquois tribes to protect and trade with each other while maintaining cultural freedom.
This Spanish priest advocated against the poor treatment of Native Americans as well and ending the Encomienda system.
Who was Bartolome' de las Casas?
This was the system of forced the Spanish imposed on Native American tribes.
What was the Encomienda System?
This region of Native American tribes relied heavily on agriculture to develop massive civilizations, built mounds and used waterways to trade and transport.
Who were the Mississippi Valley Native American Tribes?
(Cahokia, Blackhawk etc...)
This European country settled near present-day New York and established an elaborate trading system known as the West India Trading Co.
What is the Netherlands?
This idea questioned the results of Spanish Colonization and highlighted the dark side of conquest in the "New World."
What was the Black Legend?
These were the Spanish Monarchs who promoted and advocated for the exploration of the New World.
Who were King Fernindand and Queen Isabella?
(Spain)
This was the system of Transatlantic Trade that was the result of exploration and connected Europe, Africa and the "New World".
What was the Columbian Exchange?
This factor allowed each tribe of Native Americans to successfully create complex societies regardless of their climate or resources.
What is adaptation?
This European country was late to explore and aimed to create permanent settlements in the New World for their citizens to create colonies.
What is England?
These three inventions changed transatlantic travel and provided for faster, more precise expeditions to the new world.
What were the compass, cavael & astrolabe?
Who was Juan de Sepulveda?
This was the system under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power through cultivating gold and silver.
What was the Mercantile System?