FROM "C" TO SHINING "C"
THE FIRST MEZO-AMERICANS
100

THIS MAN, REPRESENTING KIND FERDINAND AND QUEEN ISABELLA OF SPAIN, SAILED WEST ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN ON FOUR SEPARATE VOYAGES - IN 1492, 1493, 1498, AND 1502 

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

100

THE AZTECS LIVED IN WHAT MODERN DAY COUNTRY?

MEXICO


200

THE TERM FOR A SPANISH CONQUEROR

CONQUISTADOR

200

WELL KNOWN FOR DEVELOPING A SOPHISTICATED CALENDAR, THIS WAS ONE OF THE EARLIEST CIVILIZATIONS ON THE YUCATAN PENINSULA

THE MAYA

300

THIS DENOMINATION WAS THE FIRST TO ESTABLISH CHRISTIAN MISSIONS IN THE NEW WORLD 

CATHOLIC CHURCH


300

THIS PEOPLE GROUP LIVED ON THE PACIFIC COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA IN MODERN DAY PERU

INCA

400

THE RECIPROCAL TRADING OF PLANTS, ANIMALS, AND DISEASES BETWEEN THE AMERICAS AND EUROPE DURING THE PEROID OF EUROPEAN EXPLORATION AND EXPANSION IS KNOWN AS WHAT?

COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE

400

THE RELIGIOUS PRACTICES OF THE AZTEXS INCLUDED OFFERING HUMAN SACRIFICE TO THIS, THEIR MAIN GOD

QUETZALCOATL

500

THIS TYPE OF VESSEL WAS A SMALL, FAST PORTUGUESE SAILING SHIP, IDEAL FOR LONG OCEAN VOYAGES

CARAVEL

500

THE MAIN CITY OF THE INCA CIVILIZATION 

CUZCO