Important Dates
The date when an Italian navigator rediscovered the Americas
What is October 12th, 1492?
Italian navigator known for mistakenly landing in the Americas, rediscovering them
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Country where the Inca empire was located
What are Peru?
The practice that started in the 15th century of capturing Africans and selling them to people in different continents
What is the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade?
The reasons behind most conquistadors' travels to the Americas
What are gold, god, and glory?
The year that the first permanent English settlement was founded
What is 1607 CE?
Spanish conquistador known for conquering the Aztec Empire
Who is Hernán Cortés?
Area where there was a land bridge that connected Asia to North America during the Ice Age
What is the Bering Strait?
The labor system in the Spanish colonies that utilizes Indian labor
What is the encomienda system?
This country's goal was not to colonize North America but rather to establish outposts in order to trade and convert the Native Americans to Catholicism
What is France?
The year that the Aztec Empire fell
What is 1521 CE?
Portuguese navigator who is known for sailing around the world (although he died and his crew actually finished the trip)
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
2 major islands in the Caribbean discovered in 1492 by the Spanish
What are Hispaniola, the Bahamas and Cuba?
The general religion that most Native Americans followed
What is animism?
The main cause for the fall of the native american tribes in the 14th to 16th centuries
What is disease?
The year that the Incan Empire fell
What is 1532 CE?
The English sent him to explore the northeastern coast of North America in 1497 and 1498.
Who is Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot)?
Land that the Norse discovered in the North American mainland
What is New Foundland?
Three-sister farming helped produce high population densities among these three tribes.
Who are the Creek, Cherokee, and Choctaw?
Legal agreement between Portugal and Spain that divided the New World between them
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
Approximate year corn was developed as a staple crop in high-land Mexico.
What is 5000 BCE?
Acoma leader who led a successful rebellion against the Spanish in New Mexico
Who is Popé?
Land that was thought to be an island, but later discovered as part of North America
What is Florida?
Name of the distinctive culture which combined Native heritage with Spanish heritage.
What is the Mestizo?
The type of society that the Iroquois, and many other tribes, followed
What is matrilineal society?