Navative Americans
Name for many of the Indians that lived in the Southwest region of North America
Pueblos
Group of six tribes who spoke the common language of Iroquois
Iroquois Confederacy
An Indian society that was characterized by war and warriors; practiced human sacrifice
Aztecs
A ship used for European exploration
Caravel
Italian explorer financed by Spain who believed he ould get to the East by sailing West
Christopher Columbus
This group migrated over the grasslands of the Great Plains and lived in tepees
Plains Indians
Where did the Iroquois six tribes live
New York
Believed that the god Quetzalcoatl had brought prosperity while he lived on earth and that he would return someday
Aztecs
Winds blowing from east to west that brought European explorers across the Atlantic Ocean
Trade Winds
Explorer whose crew sailed all the way around the world
Ferdinand Magellan
These tribes belonged to what group; Sioux, Cheyenne, Blackfeet, Comanche
Plains Indians
Name for tribes in the American Southeast that maintained peaceful relations with Europeans and adopted some Europeans ways
Five Civilized Tribes
The Aztec Capital
Tenochtitlan
An instrument that uses lodestone a magnetic material to find direction
Compass
Men sent from Spain to find gold, conquer the people and convert them to Toman Catholicism
Conquistadors
Name for Indians that built earthen mounds
Mound Builders
An Indian Civilization in Central America that consisted of many independent city states
Mayas
Name of Aztec god whom the Aztecs were expecting to return
Quetzalcoatl
Used by sailors to meausre the angle between the sun or a star and the horizon at a specific time of day or night
astrolabe
Portuguese explorer who rounded the tip of Africa without realizing it
Bartolomeu Dias
An earthen mound in North America that was made in the shape of an animal or object
Effigy Mound
This group built large pyramids similar to the ones in Egypt
Mayas
An Indian civilization in the Andes Mountains of South America
Incas
Method in which sailors decided what they thought their location was estimated their speed, look at the map and aimed for a compass heading that they believed would get them to their goal
Dead reckoning
Portuguese explorer that sailed all the way to India
Vasco da Gama