Native American Geography
This animal was frequently hunted by Native tribes of the Great Plains region...
Bison/Buffalo
The Three Sisters consists of these 3 crops...
Corn, Beans, Squash
These were the "Three G's" of Spanish exploration...
Gold, Glory and God
This animal, native to the Asian steppe region, were introduced by Europeans to the new world, and revolutionized hunting for Native Americans...
Horses
A first-hand perspective...
Primary Source
Pre-colonization, majority of the Native population lived in this region of North America...
Southern United States, Mexico, Latin America, Central America
Before European colonization, many Native groups were strongly influenced by this crop...
Corn
These individuals were at the top of the Encomienda system's social hierarchy. They were Spanish born and travelled to the New World in search of economic opportunity.
Peninsulares
These, brought by Europeans from the Old World, were largely responsible for the severe population decline of Native American groups...
Diseases, Smallpox, Measles, the Plague
These individuals came to the colonies with the help of wealthier English nobles. In exchange they agreed to work the land of the noble for a period of 7-10 years.
Indentured Servants
In the Southwest, the Pueblo people would build their homes out of sun-dried bricks called this, to repel heat.
Adobe
This farming tactic involved setting fire to the underbrush of an area in order to better fertilize the soil with nitrogen and carbon.
Slash-and-burn farming
This was the justification of many Spaniards for the Encomienda System...
Faith, God, Religion, the spread of Christianity
This crop was introduced to Europeans through the Columbian Exchange and is largely responsible for exponential growth of the population of Europe.
Potatoes
This is a person or group of people who travel from place to place without settling, typically in search of food or resources...
Nomads
In the Northeast, Native groups settled on top of these in order to maintain strategic advantages over their neighbors, whom they frequently had conflict with.
Hilltops
This is the belief that all of nature is spiritual and that the human body is inherently connected with nature.
Animism
These were the names of the Spanish monarchs who were responsible for the Spanish Inquisition in Spain, and the Encomienda System in the New World...
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
This improved in Europe as a result of the Columbian Exchange, leading to longer lifespans...
Diet
Historians do this in order to confirm information from a source that may be considered biased in nature. The process of comparing two sources to determine a fuller, more clear narrative about history...
Corroborate/Corroboration
In the North, tribes like the Inuit hunted this animal for its for its large fat reserves.
Whales, Seals
Many native tribes operated under this social system, where women were in charge of distributing work, and were responsible for selecting the tribe's leader(s).
Matriarch
This cash crop was labor intensive to harvest and fueled much of the Atlantic Slave Trade during the early period of colonization.
Sugarcane/Sugar
The Middle Passage
This term refers to the flow of trade from the West Indies, South America, and West Africa, named for its shape. (NOT Columbian Exchange)
The Triangular Trade Route