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?
Mountain range where the Inca empire was located
What are the Andes Mountains?
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 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 1533 CE?
Known for being the first European to set foot in the Americas
Who is Leif Eriksson?
Land that the vikings discovered in the North American mainland
What is Vinland?
One of the first Native American tribes to adopt horseback riding
What is the Apache tribe?
Legal agreement between Portugal and Spain that divided the New World between them
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
The year that the Americas were first discovered by Europeans
What is 999 CE?
Last ruler of the Aztecs (served for 80 days before being executed)
Who is Cuitláhuac?
Land that was thought to be an island, but later discovered as part of North America
What is California?
Tribe that was nomadic until the 16th century when they adopted the practice of agriculture from the Pueblo tribes
What is the Navajo tribe?
The type of society that the Iroquois tribe followed
What is matrilineal society?