EXPLORERS
NORTH AMERICA
SOUTH AMERICA
OCEANIA
MIXED
100

Canada is one of these because we belonged to the British Empire.

What is a colony?

100

The first Native American people to arrive used this land bridge to cross over from Asia.

What is Beringia?

100

The area of Southern Mexico and Central America is called this.

What is Mesoamerica?
100

This geographical feature is the reason there are so many different languages spoken in Oceania.

What are islands?

100

This man is the most overrated explorer of all time.


Who is Christopher Columbus?

200

This power controls many colonies.

What is an empire?

200
The colonizers used this method, which appeared to be an act of kindness, but killed thousands of Native American people.

(Hint: They keep you warm)

What are smallpox blankets.

200

This is the kind of farming that allowed the Mayans and the Inca to plant crops on mountains.

What is terrace farming?

200

Although mainly known as a toy, this object was used by the Aboriginal Australians as a hunting tool.

What is a boomerang?

200

This type of infrastructure helped bring water from the sea and other natural water sources to areas that had less fertile land.

What is an aqueduct?

300

These are the three G's the colonizers were after.

What are gold, God, and glory?

300

According to the photo above, the colonizers wanted to do this to the indigenous people, which showed that they did not see indigenous people as people.

(Hint: it's a quote)

What is "kill the Indian, save the Man".

300

This is when an entire group is killed based on their culture, with the intent of completely removing them from existence.

What is cultural genocide?

300

Represented in the photo below, this Aboriginal concept explains the origins of the world, and is comparable to the Indigenous explanations from North America.

What is Dreamtime?

300

This group has the oldest continuous culture in the world.

Who are the Australian Aboriginals?

400


This explorer mapped out the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.

Who is Jacques Cartier?

400

Most indigenous people in Canada today live on this kind of land, indicated on the map below. 

What is a reservation?

400

This is the name of the system used in South America that was similar to slavery, where the indigenous people would work in dangerous conditions for very little payoff.

What is the encomienda system?

400

The Aboriginal Australians used this for mapping and their calendar.

What is space/the stars/the sun?

400

This civilization's God of War was one of their most powerful gods.

Who are the Aztec?

500

Thinking your own culture is superior to other cultures is known as this. 

What is ethnocentrism?

500

The indigenous people sometimes refer to Earth as this; it demonstrates their connection to nature.

What is Turtle Island?

500

These are the three largest South American civilizations, from North to South.

What are the Aztec, Maya, and Inca. 

500

The two Maori traditions represented here that are representative of the Maori's strong connection to their ancestry, family honor, and respect

What are the haka and ta moko?

500

The Aztec civilization built this structure in their capital, Tenochtitlan.

What is Templo Mayor?