American Societies around 1492
This Civilization was located in the rain forests of Southern Mexico
What are the Mayans?
His voyage led to increased rivalry among nations, the availability of new sources of food, and migration to the "new world"
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The Catholic churches condemnation towards the enslavement of Native Americans led European traders to buy slaves from this continent
What is Africa?
Conquistador who successfully conquered the Aztec Empire
Who is Hernan Cortes?
The Spanish Explorer who claimed Florida for Spain in 1513
Who is Ponce de Leon?
This civilization built an empire that stretched 2,500 miles along the mountainous coast of South America
What is The Inca Empire?
The leading cause of death for Native Americans in the late 1400s - early 1500's
What are diseases?
This agreement from the Pope divided the Spanish and Portuguese claims of lands outside of Europe
What is Treaty of Tordesillas?
A system designed to control and enslave the surviving Native Americans in the Spanish claimed colonies
What is the Encomienda System
The incorporation of risky enterprises helped finance English Colonization of the Americas
What are joint-stock companies?
This civilization built a culture in the Valley of Mexico
What is the Aztec Empire?
This tribe was known for kivas, pottery, and multistory buildings in present day Southwest United States
What are the Pueblo?
This colony was founded by Sir Walter Raleigh but was later mysteriously abandoned
What is Roanoke Island?
The Spanish Priest who dissented from the European views of the Native Americans an sought to end the enslavement of them
Who is Bartolome de Las Casas?
The initial Europeans who settled along the Hudson River in the early 1600s
Who are the Dutch?
This civilization is believed to be the first empire of the Americas
What is the Olmec?
These two monarchs drove Muslims out of the Iberian Peninsula around 1491
Who are Ferdinand and Isabella?
The name of the sea route that brought 15 million enslaved Africans to the New World
What is the Middle Passage?
The global transfer of different plants, animals, humans, metals, and diseases after the discover of the New World
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The French settlers were mainly interested in this valuable resource along the Ohio River Valley
What are furs?
These Native American tribes developed along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers
What are the Hopewell and the Mississippian tribes?
The development of complex societies in the Americas was first made possible by this labor intensive practice
What is agriculture?
European immigrants that paid for their voyage to the Americas with years of contractual labor
What are indentured servants?
Though Columbus discovered a route to the New World, the continents were named after this explorer
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
The oldest European settlement in Continental United States
What is Saint Augustine?