Age of exploration
Portuguese explorer who was the first to sail to the cape of good hope.
Who was Bartolomeu Dias
The first person that circumnavigated the globe.
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
North American groups that built longhouses.
Group of Indigenous people who lived in modern day Mexico City.
Who were the Aztecs?
Type of religion where multiple gods are worshiped.
What is Polytheism?
European country that was an early leader in exploration.
What is Portugal?
The Spanish explorer that conquered the Aztecs?
Who was Hernan Cortes?
North american groups that were nomadic and lived between the Rockies and the Appalachians.
Who were the Plains Indians?
Group of People who conquered Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, parts of Argentina, and Chile.
Who were the Incas?
Civilization that had a complex road system throughout their empire.
Who were the Incas?
Company that dominated the spice trade in Asia.
What is the East India Company?
French explorer that discovered the St. Lawrence river.
Who was Jacques Cartier?
Hunter Gatherer group that lived near the West coast.
Who were the Northwest Indians?
Group of people who lived on the Yucatan peninsula.
Who were the Maya?
Founded when the Aztecs saw a eagle holding a snake on a cactus.
What was Tenochtitlan?
Monarchs who funded Columbus's expeditions.
Who were Isabella and Ferdinand?
The first European sailor to reach India by going around the cape of good hope.
Who was Vasco Da Gama?
An early group that lived close to the Mississippi river and built mounds.
Who were the Mississippians?
A small floating garden used for farming.
What are chinampas?
Civilization that built a highly complex calendar, came up with a concept of zero, and made a base twenty number system using dots lines and shells.
Who were the Maya?
The name of the exchange of goods, ideas, and disease between Europe, Africa, and the New world.
What is the Colombian Exchange?
A company that is funded by Private citizens.
What is a Joint stock company?
A group formed by 5 tribes to protect tribal lands.
What was the Iroquois confederacy?
Group of peoples who influenced Mayan culture.
Who were the Olmec?
One of the greatest Inca leaders who lead to the rise of the Inca.
Who was Patchacutti?