MesoAmerica
Both the Masoamerican people and the Native American people relied on this crop
What is corn?
After Marco Polo found the silk road of jewels and rare goods, many conquistadors were convinced they would become this if they also went to Asia.
What is rich?
Native Americans made clothing out of this material
What is deerskin?
Native American tribes were broken into CLANS. Your CLAN was based on who your mother was. Clan probably means?
What is a close knit family?
In 1492, someone sailed the ocean blue and was convinced they had landed in India when it was only the West Indies.
Who was Columbus?
This was the name of the Aztec Capital
What was Tenochitlan?
Columbus traveled to the Americas not for his homeland, Italy, but for this conquistador loving country
What was Spain?
This group of Native Americans lived in long houses and wigwams?
Who were the Lenape
After the war between the two tribes, the chiefs signed a TREATY and shook hands peacefully. Treaty probably means?
What is a peace agreement?
Chief Pushamataha earned better rights for his people by helping to negotiate these after wars
What were treaties?
This Mayan invention is responsible for our modern day version, with the same number of days included
What is a calendar?
The first people to "discover" America were the _______ ___________
Who were the Native Americans?
This was the name of the game the Choctaw people played to avoid war
What is Stickball?
A WIGWAM housed approximately five people with enough room for a roaring fire to cook inside. A Wigwam is likely why?
While the Aztec people offered everything they had to trade, this conquistador and his men took advantage of them
Who was Cortes?
While the Mayans and Aztec were located in Central America, this group made its home in the South American mountains in what is now Chile
Who were the Inca?
Conquistadors, similar to Columbus, sailed for power, riches, and to spread this belief to other people.
What was Christianity/religion?
Because the Muskogee Native Americans lived next to the rivers in Georgia and Tennessee, Europeans renamed them this
What are the Creek?
The NOMADIC Iroquoi moved homes every ten years. Nomadic likely means?
What is living a life of travel?
Cortes and his men were responsible for overthrowing Tenochitlan and building this modern day city over it
What is Mexico City?
Both the Mayan and Aztec people used these to record information in codex books and on temple stone
What were hieroglyphics?
Upon meeting the Natives of the Americas, Columbus intended to bring six back for this purpose
What was slavery?
The Iroquoi Native Americans told these stories to explain "why" things happened
What were pourquoi stories?
Mayan aqueducts carried water from underground wells to their farms. An aqueduct is likely what
What is a pipe/hose like tool for carrying water
After spending time with the English settlers, Sequoyah developed this written language for the Cherokee people
What is Talking Leaves?