Explores & Colonizers
These were some of the earliest known explorers that came from Scandinavia
The Vikings
These seeds were what we use to make chocolate today
Cacao
What are the 4 Mesoamerican civilizations?
The Aztec, Inca, Maya, and Olmec
A Chinese invention that made it easier for European explorers to claim land and defeat people living there
Gunpowder
The seven large land masses of earth
continents
America gets it's name from this Italian Explorer
Amerigo Vespucci
A structure or pipe meant for carrying water using gravity
Aqueduct
Located in Guatemala and Mexico, this civilization was known for their giant stone heads
The Olmec
These animals help the Vikings predict where land might be located.
Birds
This company, founded in 1602 helped the Dutch gain independance from Spain
The Dutch East India Company
This Italian explorer sailed was sent by Spain to sail to Asia. Instead he landed in the West Indies.
Christopher Colombus
The Maya used this farming technique where multiple crop types are grown together in the same field to maximize land use
Intercropping
This civilization was home to Tenochtitlan and were later conquered by Spain
The Aztec
The ________ Road was made up of many routes that linked Europe and Asia for trade
Silk
circumnavigate
This Spanish explorer was in search of "The Fountain of Youth"
Juan Ponce de Leon
The Inca were used roots and plants and medicine and even did this type of surgery
Brain surgery
This civilization built Chichen Itza and was known for their calendar system, hieroglyphic writing and art.
This tool helped measure the distance from the horizon to the North Star
This Italian explorer who sailed for France landed in the Caribbean and was killed by the native people
Giovanni Verrazzano
This explorer discovered that the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean were connected
Bartolomeu Dias
The Aztec would make small patches of land made of sticks and mud to grow more crops likes chilies, beans, and squash.
Chinampas
This 15th century ancient civilization was unknown to archaeologists until its ruins were discovered in 1911
The Inca
European explorers did more than trade with American Indians.
List 3 terrible things they did
stole, spread diseased, and forced American Indians for work for them
This company hired Henry Hudson as an explorer