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Pre Columbian America
European Exploration
Columbus
Spanish Colonization
European Policy Toward Natives
100

This is the most popular theory of how people reached the Americas.  

What is the Land Bridge Theory?

100

This group from the Scandinavian peninsula were the first Europeans to reach the Americas around the year 1000 AD.

Who were the Vikings?

100

Columbus sailed the ocean blue in...

What is 1492?

100
Term used for Spanish leaders of military outfits sent to dominate tribes in the Americas.

What is a conquistador?

100
Priest who differed from the majority, supported better treatments for natives.  

Who is Bartolome de Las Casas?

200

This tribe's capital city was Tenochtitlan

What is the Aztecs?

200

These three words beginning with G were the primary motivators in European explorations in the Americas

What are God, gold, and glory?

200
The royal duo that sponsored Columbus' expedition on behalf of Spain

Who are Ferdinand and Isabella?

200

System used by the Spanish to subdue native populations and coerce labor and extract wealth from the land and people.  

What is the encomienda system?

200
European power who built vast networks for fur trading in the St. Lawrence valley and Great Lakes regions.

Who are the French?

300

This tribe's empire covered most of western South America. 

What is the Incas?

300

This religious reformation led to many wars in Europe, giving converts more reason to immigrate out of Europe and evangelize new territory

What the Protestant Reformation?

300

the most successful killer of Americans to ever leave Europe, reducing population up to 90% immediately following discovery of America

What is disease?

300
Conqueror of the Aztec empire

Who is Hernan Cortes?

300

Natives and this European power initially had friendly interaction, eventually giving way to hostility.  Pilgrims and Indians and thanksgiving all the way to the French and Indian War.

Who are the English?

400

This tribe created a calendar that ended time in 2012. 

Who are the Mayans?

400

This treaty divided American territory between Portugal and Spain.  Portugal gets the short end of the stick on this one

What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?

400

Equine animals transferred to the Americas from Europe

What are horses?

400

Conqueror of the Incan Empire

Who is Francisco Pizarro?

400
Military strategy adopted by many tribes to protect themselves from decimation of culture

What is forming alliances?

500
This crop was one of the main forms of subsistence in the Americas.

What is maize corn? 

500

A failed colony that was located in modern day North Carolina, founded by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1587.  Croata.  

What is Roanoke? 

500

Type of company that began sponsoring trans-Atlantic voyages to mitigate risks to a single investor

What is a joint-stock company?

500

Social system in which pure bloods where superior, mestizos were middle ranked, and then pure native or African descent.

What is the Caste system?

500

The third cultural heritage in the Americas at this time, brought things to the table such as rice, musical creativity, languages, and religions.

What is African heritages?