During 1300’s this group settled around Lake Texcoco
What is the Aztec Civilization?
100
He defeated the Aztecs
Who was Cortes?
100
Yeoman and military man who eventually became the President of Jamestown Colony
Who was John Smith?
100
Reasons Spanish defeated the Aztec and Inca focussing on specific infections
What was Natives contracting European diseases such as Chicken Pox, Small Pox, Measles, and Influenza?
200
Land bridge from Asia to North America
What is the Bering Strait Theory?
200
These people lived in the Eastern United States and built large earth mounds starting 3,000 years ago
Who are the Mound Builders?
200
These people lived in the Four Corners region and built the cliff dwellings approximately 1,000 years ago
Who are the Anasazi?
200
Group of English gentlemen who set up Jamestown Colony at their own expense to make a profit
What was the Virginia Company?
200
Reasons Spanish defeated the Aztec and Inca focussing on specific armaments.
What are military strength differences?
Spanish: armor, guns, horses, swords, etc
Natives: bows, arrows, spears (arrowheads made of stone), and clubs
300
One event in relation to another.
What is Relative Chronology?
300
Earliest civilization – 3,500 years ago
What is the Olmec Civilization
300
The Aztec capital city
What is Tenochtitlan?
300
First successful English Colony
What is Jamestown?
300
These are the three reasons for Spanish Exploration?
What is Gold, God, & Glory
400
Sequence of events over time.
What is Absolute Chronology?
400
Influenced by the Olmecs, 3,000 years ago cleared forest and swamps for farming
What is the Mayan Civilization?
400
He defeated the Incas
Who was Pizarro?
400
Powhatan’s daughter who was kidnapped by the English
Who was Pocahontas?
400
He explored a river in New York and a bay that bears his name
Who was Hudson?
500
Mythical waterway through or around North America
What is the Northwest Passage?
500
These people lived in S. Arizona and irrigated the desert for farming
Who are the Hohokams?
500
5 Indian nations of Mohawk, Oneida, Onondagas, Cayuga, and Seneca who created a confederacy
What is the Iroquois Confederacy?
500
Indian chief who dealt with Jamestown Colony
Who was Powhatan?
500
Reasons Spanish defeated the Aztec and Inca focussing on fighting against the Spanish.
What are Aztecs and Inca not fighting as hard as they could in the beginning against the Spanish?
Aztec: hesitated because they thought the Spanish might be gods (Cortes was a white man with a beard)
Inca: Just finished a civil war. and were rebuilding.