Paleo America
The Bering Land Bridge Connected these two continent's.
Asia and North America
A longhouse is commonly associated with this group of Native Americans from the Eastern Woodlands
Iroquois
Renaissance
A good friend of Christopher Columbus, he later would map much of the new worlds coast, leading to it being named after him.
Amerigo Vespucci
This colony was the first attempt by the British to settle the new world, however it would not be successful and was given up on after three attempts to settle there.
Roanoke
This colony was settled by the Dutch just like its larger sister colony New York to its North was and was taken by the British and renamed what?
New Jersey
Mammoths, Mastodons, Giant Sloths, Dire Wolves and Wooly Rhinos are all examples of these types of Animals
Megafauna
What region of America had Natives that were Nomadic, lived in Tepees and followed the great Buffalo herds
Great Plains
The Astrolabe, Sextant, Quadrant and Backshaft were all inventions that helped people navigate at sea using these two things as a point of reference
The Sun and Stars
Many Europeans wanted these four goods from the Asia, but were unable to get them, leading to a push for exploration for a sea route to get there so they could trade for them.
Silk, Tea, Spices, Porcelain
In the First few years of settlement, Jamestown came close to failing as a colony due to food shortages and hard conditions that the settlers were not ready for. The worse of these had Cannibalisms occur among the survivors, and was known as what?
The Starving Times
The Southern Colonies became profitable for England due to their plantations where cash crops were grown. These included 4 major crops like..
Tobacco, Sugar, Cotton, Rice (Indigo)
Nomadic is to living a life always on the move as this is to staying in one place.
Sedentary
Mesoamerica
Creator of the Printing Press, this man is considered one of the most important individuals in history as his invention allowed information to spread and be shared much easier.
Following the discovery of the new world, many explorers continued to look for this in a attempt to find a sea route to Asia through the Americas.
Northwest Passage
Wanting Religious Freedom, the Puritans would state to the king of England that they wanted to join the Jamestown Colony, but in reality they had no plan to do so and signed this Document, creating their own government and stating their intentions to have their own Colony.
The Mayflower Compact
Sometimes called the Breadbasket of the new world, these colonies produced the majority of the food for all the colonies
The main driving factor that made Paleo Natives eventually diversify and break away into unique cultures and traditions around North America
Environment
Archeologist
Once the main power in Europe, the Church was greatly weakened after Martin Luther came up with his 95 Thesis about how to fix the Church, This caused a split to occur in the church with Protestant's and Catholics on either side, and was called this.
The Reformation
Hernan Cortez and Francisco Pizzaro were both known as these in Spanish and as part of their job conquered the kingdoms of the Aztecs and Inca. They also came up with the Slogan of the three G's, Gold, God and Glory.
Conquistador
This man would come to Jamestown after its first few years, and would eventually help turn the colony into a successful business adventure for England by planting Tobacco there. He also would eventually marry the daughter of the local Natives Chief.
John Rolfe
Many Colonist in the 13 Colonies were Smugglers, who traded with other nations in secret to get better prices on their goods they produced. England knew about this, but didn't care that they were breaking the Navigation acts since they practiced this policy of
Salutary Neglect
Tools used by Paleo Americans were made using this process
Stone knapping or Flintknapping
Native groups in North America generally practiced this type of religion or something close to it which revolved around the worship of nature and animals
Animalistic
Scientist like Sir Francis Bacon (inventor of the scientific method) Nicolaus Copernicus (proved the earth orbited the Sun) and Galileo Galilei (Inventor of the Telescope) all helped to change the way people viewed the world in the Renaissance. This would lead other Europeans to not only being able to, but to be encouraged to do what
Explore the world
Known as Henry the Navigator, he was king of this country, pushing to find a sea route around Africa to Asia in order to trade with them. He would lead to the use of new navigation techniques, the creation of a empire and kick off the Age of Exploration.
Portugal
The Pilgrims would probably have given up and returned to England after the first year in the colony of Plymouth if it had not been for the aid given them by the local Native named this.
Squanto
Most Colonies were setup so the King was in charge of the them through a acting Governor, who had final say on any laws or acts that were passed by local governments, like the House of Burgess. These types of colonies were known as
Royal Colonies