Native Americans pre-conquest
What was the name of the tribe in Central Mexico with a capital city of Tenochitlan and known to perform human sacrifice rituals.
Aztecs
Country in which a 1469 marriage fueled the reunification of that nation's people
Spain
Author of Historia de las Indias who questioned the legitimacy of Spain's conquest and fought for better treatment of Native Americans
Bartolome de las Casas
What was the biggest effect of the Ottoman Turks conquering Constantinople in 1453?
Land and sea routes across the eastern Mediterranean Sea were cut off - European nations sought new routes to Asia
Perhaps the worst trade of the Columbian Exchange, this specific thing killed far more Native Americans than guns or steel.
Smallpox
Anasazi
Name 2 of the 5 modern day countries the Incan empire occupied in the 1400s
Colombia, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia
Which conquistador conquered the Aztecs in 1519?
Hernan Cortes
This country's goal was not to colonize North America but rather to establish outposts in order to trade fur and convert the Native Americans to Catholicism
France
Of all the animals exchanged between the Old and New Worlds, this one changed the lives of American Indians in the most dramatic way - allowing them to travel for food while also strengthening military power.
Horse 🐎
Together, the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas formed the original five nations of which tribal confederacy?
Iroquois
The Pueblo and Hopi tribes occupied which region of modern day United States?
the Southwest
In the 1580s, this English man attempted two separate expeditions to settle a colony in the Americas, both of which were unsuccessful
First English colony in the New World; Failed
Roanoke; the Lost Colony
Name one of three specific crops from the New World that revolutionized farming and life in Europe
Corn, Potatoes, or Tomatoes
These Mound Builders in the Mississippi River Valley created what was most likely the largest settlement in the early days of the Americas.
Cahokia
Over what landmass did the first humans arrive in the Americas?
Bering Land Bridge (also acceptable Bering Strait)
Which conquistador born in New Spain established the first colonial settlement in the American southwest (peacefully), but later became infamous for the slaughter of 800 Indians?
Juan de Onate
In addition to the Protestant Reformation, which other ideological shift was occurring in the early 1500s that spurred European exploration?
This was the name of the labor system the Spanish used to subjugate Native Americans
Encomienda
Based on 13,000-year-old arrow and spear points, these people are believed to be the first to make their way to the Americas
the Clovis people
Which nation was the first to seek out new ways of reaching Asia in the 1400s, and in doing so, opening flourishing trade relations with Africa as well?
Portugal
These were the first natives Columbus encountered when landing on an island in the Caribbean.
the Taino people
This is an event from which Spain never fully recovered; includes a failed invasion of England by Phillip II in attempt to return the country to Catholicism, 1588
Sinking/defeat of the Spanish Armada
Make an argument for the most impactful plant/food product to be taken from the Old to the New World.