North American Regions
Cold frozen region with no trees and frozen soil.
Arctic
The original inhabitants of a region.
Indigenous
This explorer reached the Americas in 1492, beginning lasting contact between Europe and the Americas.
Christopher Columbus
This way of life is based on hunting animals, fishing, and gathering plants instead of farming.
This region, using its rich soil to focus on cash crops and slavery, contains the colonies: Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
Southern Colonies
Land of dense forests, rivers, and lakes with fertile soil.
Eastern Woodlands
A person who worked for 3-6 years without pay in exchange for passage to the American Colonies.
Indentured Servant
Europeans explored the Atlantic mainly to gain this, including gold, spices, and trade routes.
Wealth (or Profit)
This term describes people who move from place to place instead of living in one permanent home.
Nomadic
Originally a Dutch colony that was called New Amsterdam, it was later taken by the British and renamed this...
New York
Great Plains
The study of ancient cultures through the artifacts left behind.
Archaeology
This system describes the exchange of goods, animals, and diseases between Europe and the Americas.
Columbian Exchange
The people of the Southwest created this system of irrigation to help grow corn, beans, and squash (Three Sisters) in a desert environment.
Dry Farming
New England Colonies
Hot desert region with mesas, canyons, valleys, and very little rainfall.
Southwest
The movement of people from one place to another over time.
Migration
This deadly disease, brought by Europeans, killed large numbers of Indigenous people who had no immunity.
Smallpox
In the Arctic, Inuit families used this type of portable shelter made from animal skins while following food sources.
Tupiq
This region, with its diverse population and thriving cities, contains the colonies: New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware
Middle Colonies
Arid desert region between mountain ranges that has very little rainfall, extreme heat, and freezing winters.
Great Basin
The process of changing to fit new environments.
Adaptation
These Spanish soldiers explored and conquered large Indigenous empires in the Americas for wealth and power.
Conquistadors
This idea explains how Indigenous peoples used natural resources carefully to support life without harming the environment.
Sustainability
This religious group founded the English colony of Massachusetts, and used religion to influence their government, laws, and way of life.
Puritans