Maya, Inca, Aztec
Native Americans
Exploration
Vocab 1
Vocab 2
100

Name all 3 Latin American civilizations

Inca, Aztec, Maya

100

Natives believed in animism. What does this mean? 

To have a spiritual relationship with nature

100

Name the 3 Americas

North, Central, and South

100

Another name for corn

Maize

100

Ancient land bridge 

Beringia 

200

Located in current day Mexico City

Aztec 

200

What were the earliest people like? (What did they do to survive?) 

Hunted and gathered 

200

Which country's economy got hurt the most because of the Slave trade? 

Africa's economy 

200

Buying and selling of Africans to work in the Americas. 

Slave Trade 

200

Knotted strings that the Incans used to count and record keep. 

Quipu

300

Most advanced writing system, invented zero

Mayan

300

Why did most Natives die? (there are 2 options, but you only need to name 1) 

Disease & European colonization

300

What were the 3 main trades during the columbian exchange? 

Disease, animals, food

300

Global transfer of foods, plants, animals, and disease during the colonization of the Americas (between old world and new world) 

Columbian Exchange 

300

What does Mercantilism mean? (2 options- you only need to say 1)

Being self-sufficient or selling more than you buy

400

Mita, Quipu, terrace farming

Inca

400

What were the Chicago natives called?

Potawatomi

400

Name the 3 G's that influenced the Europeans to explore. 

God, Glory, Gold

400

Which 2 continents did Beringia once connect? 

Asia and North America

400

What were people following when they crossed Beringia into North America? 

A food source

500

Sun stone calendar, island city of Tenochtitlan

Aztec 

500
This is how Natives continue to remember their history. 

Oral history or story telling 

500

Name 2 new world countries and 2 old world countries. 

New world: North, Central, and South Americas.

Old world: Europe, Asia, Africa

500

Which 3 regions were part of the Triangle Trade? 

Africa, Americas, Europe 

500

The voyage that brought slaves to the Americas- part of the Triangle Trade. 

Middle Passage 

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