Native Americans pre-conquest
This region of North America featured small permanent fishing villages that ate salmon?
Pacific Northwest
The transmission and interchange of plants, animals, diseases, cultures, human populations, and technologies between the New World and Old World.
Columbian Exchange
Name the conquistador who conquered the Aztecs in 1519.
Hernan Cortez
Term referring to person of mixed Spanish and Native American descent
Mestizo
This region of North America featured a mixed population of farmers and hunter gatherers due to its arid land that required irrigation and special housing
Southwest
Empire in Central Mexico that created advanced calendars and number systems
Mayans
Name one navigational technology that aided in the European exploration of the globe
astrolabe, sextant, magnetic compass, caravels
The Three Gs that motivated European exploration.
God, Gold, and Glory
System in which Indians provided land owners with labor tribute in exchange for legal protection and religious guidance. Native Americans frequently exploited and treated harshly.
Encomienda System
This region of North America featured hunter-gathers who moved around to hunt their prey
The Great Plains
Tribe in Central Mexico, Capital city of Tenochitlan, performed human sacrifice rituals.
Aztec
Perhaps the worst trade of the Columbian Exchange, this specific thing killed far more Native Americans than guns or steel.
Smallpox
Which famous Conquistador conquered the Incas of Peru?
Fransisco Pizzaro
Author of Historia de las Indias, questioned the legitimacy of Spain's conquest and fought for better treatment of Native Americans.
Bartolome de las Casas
This is the name of the largest North American Native settlement established in the Mississippi River Valley
What were the "three sister" crops that many native tribes in North America used? Name 2 of 3
Beans Corn and Squash
One of three specific crops from New World that revolutionized farming and life in Europe
Corn, Potatoes, Tomatoes
Treaty declared by pope that splits the world into Spanish and Portuguese zones of influence.
Treaty of Tordesillas
This event happened in Southwest North America after Spanish colonizers tried to force the native population to convert to Christianity
Pueblo Revolt
This indigenous belief that all things were imbued with spirits and help to solidify the importance of the environment and natural world in native traditions
Animism
What tribal group, located in the Northeast of the United States, was also known as the "Five Nations"?
The Iroquois Confederacy
This Portuguese royal is credited with starting the European colonization and conquest of the world
Prince Henry
This Aztec emperor was kidnapped and ransomed by Cortes
Moctezuma
As Natives began dying off this was put in to place to account for the loss of labor
African Slave Trade
Name the six groups of the Spanish colonial social system in order
penisulares, creoles, mestizos, mulattos, Africans, Native Americans