Vocab
Olmec, Mayan, Aztec, or Inca
Cultures of North America
Early Europe, Africa, and Asia
European Exploration in
the Americas
100

Raised roads made of packed earth are known as:

Causeways

100

Lived in the lowlands along the Gulf of Mexico

Olmec

100

Which member of a tribe would grow corn and wheat-like crops?

Farmer

100

At the top of feudal society stood the king and the most powerful _______.

lords

100

Based on evidence in Newfoundland, it is believed that ____________ were the first to reach the Americas in the year 1001.

Vikings

200

A region in which people share a similar way of life is known as a:

Culture Area

200

Worshipped their emperor Sapa Inca as a descendent of the sun god

Inca

200

What type of houses did the Iroquois live in?

Longhouse

200

A series of wars fought by Christians to control the Holy Land

Crusades

200

The three ships under Columbus’s voyage were named the Santa Maria, the Nina, and the ______

Pinta

300

The exchange of goods and ideas between hemispheres is known as the:

Columbian Exchange

300

Priests held the greatest status of power in their social class

Maya

300

Which member of a tribe would use bows and arrows to obtain rabbit meat?

Hunter

300

Who is believed to have invented movable type during the 1430s?

Johannes Gutenberg

300

Which Native American tribe did Columbus find and believed to be inferior to his people?

Taino

400

The time period with an increase of long-distance trade and travel linking far off places in the world is known as the:

Global Age

400

Cuzco was their capital city

Inca

400

Five individual Native American sanctions came together around 1570 to create the:

League of the Iroquois

400

Which West African ruler was famous for his immense wealth, built the Great Mosque of Timbuktu?

Mansa Musa

400

His voyage was the first to circumnavigate the globe, but he died on the trip

Magellan

500

The trade route linking the Middle East with China is known as the:

Silk Road

500

Tenochtitlan was their capital city

Aztec

500

People who move from place to place in search for food and other necessary resources to survive are known as:

Nomads

500

A navigational tool introduced to the Europeans by the Middle East which showed travelers the latitude is known as a:

Astrolabe

500

Founded in 1493, it was the first Spanish colony in the Americas

Santo Domingo

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