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Notable Figures
European Colonization
Pre-Columbian Societies
Pre-Columbian Societies Part 2
The Columbian Exchange
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Who was the European explorer who landed in the Bahamas in 1492, believing he had reached Asia?

Christopher Columbus

100

The 3 gs of Spanish colonization

God, Gold, Glory

100

Which ancient civilization in Mexico was known for its use of human sacrifice?

The Aztecs

100

Native societies in dry parts of the Americas used this technique for farming in order to bring in water to their crops.

Irrigation

100

What disease did the Europeans unintentionally bring to the New World, leading to a significant decline in Native American populations?

Smallpox

200

The Spanish Priest who favored ending the Spanish system of forced labor of Native Americans.

De Las Casas

200

The French were most interested in trading for this through their colonies.

Fur

200

What was the primary crop that transformed Native American societies, including the Aztecs and Incas?

Corn (maize)

200

The Three Sisters enabled the Native Americans to do what?

Build permanent settlements and increase their population.

200

What do we call the trade between the Americas, Africa, and Europe?

Triangle Trade

300

The first english child born in the New World.

Virginia Dare

300

Lost Colony, fate of colonists unknown

Roanoke 

300
Native American groups crossed this to reach the Americas.

Bering Land Bridge

300
Tribes living on the Great Plains used this animal for a wide variety of needs.

Buffalo

300

Which animal, introduced to the Americas by Europeans, transformed the cultures of some Native American tribes, especially in the Great Plains?

Horses

400

Which Spanish conquistador led an expedition that crushed the Incas in 1532?

Hernan Cortes

400

What term was used to describe the Spanish system that allowed colonists to "commend" or use Indians as laborers in exchange for attempting to Christianize them?

Encomienda

400

Native Americans on the Pacific coast lived in this style of house.

Longhouse

400

A union of 5 independent tribes living in what is today New York.

Iroquois Confederacy

400

What term is used to describe the large-scale exchange of goods, diseases, plants, and animals between the Old World and the New World following Columbus's voyages?

The Columbian Exchange

500

Viking Explorer credited with actually discovering America.

Leif Erikson

500

The first Spanish settlement in the New World.

St. Augustine

500

Maize, Squash, and Beans are called this.

The Three Sisters

500
Large Native settlement East of the Mississippi which featured nearly 30,000 inhabitants.

Cahokia

500

Which deadly sexually transmitted disease is believed to have been introduced to Europe from the New World?

Syphilis