Prehistory/Early Migrations
The Earth is approximately this old.
What is 4.6 billion years?
These were the first Europeans to reach the Americas.
Who were the Vikings?
Columbus is a controversial figure, with some people considering him a hero while others believe he was a monster. This is one reason he's considered a hero (complete sentence please).
What is (answers will vary - I'm looking for SPECIFIC info and a complete sentence to receive credit).
Human sacrifice was a tenet (central theme) of this culture.
What was the Aztec?
To raise plants and animals for human benefit and consumption.
What is domesticate?
Modern human beings have existed on planet Earth for approximately this long.
What is 200,000-300,000 years?
Name two fruits, vegetables, or animals that were brought TO the Americas as a result of the Columbian Exchange.
What are bananas, grapes, oranges, honeybees, cows, pigs, sheep, horses, etc (several answers are acceptable).
Columbus is a controversial figure, with some people considering him a hero while others believe he was a monster. This is one reason he's considered a monster (complete sentence please).
What is (SPECIFIC info and a complete sentence needed for credit).
Of the three cultures listed in this section, this one came first.
What was the Maya?
To persuade to change one's religious beliefs.
What is convert?
Human beings first appeared on this continent.
What is Africa?
Name two fruits, vegetables, or animals that were brought FROM the Americas TO Europe as a result of the Columbian Exchange.
What are turkeys, peanuts, squash, tomatoes, potatoes, etc (several answers are acceptable).
Columbus convinced King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to open up the New World to slave trading. True or False.
What is false?
This was the largest empire ever to exist in the Americas.
What is the Inca?
To move from one place to another.
What is migrate?
Humans first arrived in the Americas via the Beringia Land Bridge this long ago.
What is 12,000-20,000 years?
Quinine is a medicinal plant found in the New World that is effective at treating this disease.
What is malaria?
These are two of the diseases Europeans (inadvertently) brought to the New World.
What are (answers will vary).
Their capital was the city of Tenochtitlan.
What are the Aztec?
A small, fast ship used by Portuguese and Spanish explorers.
What is caravel?
This provides PROOF that early humans moved through Asia into the Americas.
What is DNA evidence?
Columbus first reached the Americas on October 12 of this year.
What is 1492?
This is the name of the Native American group Columbus found on Hispaniola (hint: the name is five letters long).
Who were the Taino?
Pachacuti, whose name is loosely translated as "He who undoes time and space," is considered the greatest ruler of this empire.
What are the Inca?
The classification of a group of people according to ability or to economic, social, or professional standing.
What is hierarchy?