Explorers
This explorer led the first expedition across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492
Christopher Columbus
The First Americans crossed over what is today known as
The Bering Strait
Horses
A nomad is
a member of a people having no permanent home, and who travel from place to place to find food
This explorer has the privilege of North America and South America being named after him
Amerigo Vespucci
This is a common characteristic that is generally found in American Indian groups
Hunting, gathering, and fishing
Plantations focused on growing this type of crop
Cash Crops
When Europeans lost access to this they began to seek alternative routes
The Silk Road
This explorer was the first to circumnavigate the world
Ferdinand Magellan
A development in this led to American Indians creating permanent settlements
farming
This crop is an example of crop modification
Corn
In North America Farming is __________ and American Indians began farming _______ years ago
the activity or business of growing crops and raising livestock, American Indians began to farm 5,000 years ago
This explorer was the first to reach India by sea
Vasco da Gama
Houses built by American Indians were largely determined by
Resources available in the environment
The introduction of these two diseases decimated American Indian populations
Influenza and Smallpox
A critical juncture is defined as
A turning point in history
These two conquistadors are infamous for conquering the Aztec and Incan empires
Pizzaro and Cortes
American Indian trade networks extended
All across North America
This event in Europe strained tensions among European settlements
The Reformation
The fall of this city into the hands of the Ottomans led Europeans to seek a sea route to Asia
Constantinople