Local Indigenous
Central American Indigenous
South American Indigenous
Christopher Columbus 1
Christopher Columbus 2
100
What is the name of the tribe indigenous to Fall River?
Wampanoag
100
What is the name of one of the two Central American indigenous civilizations we studied?
Mayans or Aztecs
100
What is the name of the South American indigenous civilization that we studied?
Incans
100
What country was Christopher Columbus from?
Italy
100
How many ships did Columbus take on his voyages?
Three
200
What was the first book translated into the Wampanoag language?
The Bible
200
What was a key religious belief of the Aztecs / Mayans?
Human sacrafice
200
Where in South America were the Inca located?
Andes mountains (Peru, Bolivia, northern Argentina and Chile)
200
Who paid for Columbus' voyages?
Spain - in return they would get money and a foothold in the area for colonies
200
What was the the name of one of the three ships Columbus took?
Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria
300
What kind of lifestyle did the Wampanoag live?
They lived as tidewater horticulturalists (coastal, small scale farmers)
300
Describe the Aztec economy
The Aztec economy was based on agriculture although they were also craftspeople and traders, operating a network of trade caravans across the empire.
300
How did Incan civilization collapse?
There was civil war and then the Spanish arrived.
300
True or False: Columbus never actually stepped foot in North America
True
300
Where did Columbus originally try to get to? (why did he set sail in the first place?)
East Indies to set up a new trading route- Indonesia, China area
400
What year (get within 10 years) did the Pilgrims first make contact with the Wampanoag?
1620
400
Tell me where either the Mayan or the Aztec civilizations were located?
Maya - Yucatan Peninsula
Aztec - Around modern day Mexico City
400
The Inca also built a vast network of _____.
Roads
400
What was the primary cause of death for the indigenous populations after contact with Europeans?
Disease
400
How was Christopher Columbus seen when he returned home?
Like a hero- He presented some of the things he had found including turkeys, pineapples, and natives he had captured. The King of Spain was pleased enough to fund future expeditions.
500
How was the way Wampanoag tribes got their names different than Europeans?
Each person was accounted for as belonging to his/her mother’s family line rather than the European social practice of accounting for family names based upon a person’s father
500
How did Aztec society collapse?
The Spanish, when they arrived in 1519, were horrified by these bloody rituals and destroyed many of the Aztec temples. Tenochtitlan was also destroyed, many Aztecs were tortured, killed or enslaved by the Spanish, and the Aztec Empire collapsed.
500
What is a "quipu" ?
The Incan developed string and knot device which stored information and lists.
500
Where in the Americas did Christopher Columbus first land?
The Caribbean (specifically the Bahamas)
500
Why did Christopher Columbus call the native people he met indians?
He was convinced he had reached the East Indies