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Pre-Colombian America
Colombian Exchange and Beyond
Early Euro. Colonization
Euro-Indigenous Relations
Pre-Revolutionary Slavery
100
This confederacy of Five Nations (The Mohawk, The Oneida, The Onondaga, The Seneca, and The Cayuga) dominated most of upstate New York and Canada.
Who are the Iroquois
100
Although born in Genoa, Italy Columbus sailed for this nation-state in 1492 on his fateful voyage west across the Atlantic.
What is Spain
100
This outpost, established in 1607, became the first permanent English colony as it grew into what is now known as Virginia.
What is Jamestown
100

This man was the voice against Spanish cruelty in America.

Bartolome de Las Casas

100
This leg of the South Atlantic System brought captured Africans to the Caribbean and eventually N. America.
What is the "Middle Passage"
200
Located throughout Mexico, this empire's capital city of Tenochtitlan boasted nearly 350,000 residents prior to the arrival of Hernando Cortez in 1516.
Who are the Aztecs
200
More than any other factor of the Colombian Exchange, this impacted American Indian people the most, decimating their population to only a few hundred thousand in the present day.
What is disease
200

What 3 crops are known as the "three sisters" in early European exploration?

What is corn, beans, squash

200

This is the name given to Spanish soldiers venturing into the Americas.

What are Conquistadors

200
The introduction of this advanced weapon by Europeans allowed coastal African tribes to gain a military advantage over their neighbors which helped add numbers to the booming slave trade in the 1600s-1700s.
What are firearms/guns
300

This two letter phrase was often associated with the  Cahokia people of the Mississippi Valley

What is Mound Builders

300
Of all the European nations who encountered American Indians, this one enjoyed probably the most cordial relationship through mutual understanding and gift-giving.
What is France
300

This was the trade route that connected Venice to China prior to the Columbian Exchange.

What is the Silk Road

300

This country believed that the Natives had natural rights, and bought their land, rather than conquering. 

Who are the Dutch

300
A key event in Virginia that set into motion the idea that black Africans were to be "permanent slaves" in order to drive a wedge between them and the poor white population.
What is Bacon's Rebellion
400

These people of the southwest were named "ancient ones"

What is the Anasazi

400
The import of this New World vegetable to Africa in the 1500s sharply increased their indigenous population but at the same time made them prime candidates for slavery soon after.
What is maize (corn)
400

What was the triple G slogan; the three reasons for European exploration?

What is God, Gold, & Glory

400

The racial hierarchy created by Spain that determined social status by race.

What is the Caste system

400

DOUBLE

By the early 1700s, most slaves were classified as this term, literally meaning "personal, movable property".

What is "chattel"

500

Name at least 8 of the 12 North American Climate/culture zones

What is artic, subarctic, northwest coast, plateau, great basin, california, southwest, plains, northeast woodlands, southeast woodlands, mesoamerica, circum- caribbean

500

Formally established in 1610 by the Spanish as a northern province of New Mexico, it today remains the oldest capital city in what is now the United States

What is Santa Fe

500

 DOUBLE

Born Metacomet, this Wampanoag leader organized a confederacy of Native American tribes against the English settlers of Massachusetts

Who is "King Philip"

500

DOUBLE

This sacred object made from clam shell beads was often used by coastal and inland Algonquin tribes to "seal" a new friendship, alliance, etc. The English used it as a form of currency to obtain furs during the 1600s.

What is wampum

500

This was the name of the Spanish forced labor and tribute system that affected Indigenous Tribes.

What is the Encomienda System