Vocabulary
What is a hacienda?
An administrative district
What is a province?
Developed a detailed calendar
Who were the Mayans?
The country with the smallest population in Central America
What is Belize?
This Caribbean Island is a commonwealth of the United States
What is Puerto Rico?
First settlers to travel west
What are pioneers (what is a pioneer)?
The first Canadians
Who are Inuit?
Traded carved stones like jade and obsidian
Who were the Olmecs?
The narrowest country in Central America
What is Panama?
The poorest country in the Americas (Caribbean)
What is Haiti?
Term used to describe a person of mixed European and African ancestry
What is mulatto?
The first Europeans in Canada
Who were the Vikings?
Built a large, powerful empire and a city known as Tenochtitlan
Who were the Aztecs?
What is Honduras?
The smallest Caribbean Island that is 1/10th the size of Rhode Island
What is St. Kitts and Nevis?
Term used to describe a person of mixed European and Indian ancestry
What is mestizo?
Canada's national capital
What is Ottawa?
Defeated the Aztecs and claimed Mexico for Spain
Who was (Hernan) Cortes?
The Central American country with a stable government and does not have an army
What is Costa Rica?
The largest and most populous country in the Caribbean
What is Cuba?
A conflict between two or more groups of people within the same country
What is civil war?
An rugged area in the far north with snow-covered mountains and very few people
What is Ellesmere Island?
A Catholic priest who led the revolt against Spanish rule
Who was Father (Miguel) Hidalgo?
The most populous country in Central America
What is Guatemala?
Shares an island with Haiti
What is the Dominican Republic?