Early Explorers
Francisco de Coronado while searching for the 7 cities of gold, ended in this American state (KS)
What is Kansas?
Grapes come from this hemisphere
What is the Eastern Hemisphere aka the Old World?
The only president to not run in a political party
What is George Washington?
The term for Spanish conquerors that vanquished the native people of Mesoamerica
What are conquistadors?
The Apache and the Navajo fought against these European invaders for centuries
What are Spanish?
Robert de La Salle claimed the Louisiana territory for this European country
What is France?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The percentage of the Native Americans who perished from disease
The longest river in the Western Hemisphere
What is the Amazon?
The greatest empire of Mesoamerica, developed in the Valley of Mexico where modern-day Mexico City is located.
What are the Aztecs?
People from this modern American state hunted whales and seals (CA)
What is California?
This explorer claimed a bay and a river for the English and the Dutch respectively
Who is Henry Hudson?
The international trade system
What is the triangle trade?
Mr. M's middle name
What is Henry?
Their civilization stretched from southern Mexico to northern Central America, centered in the Yucatan Peninsula and the dense jungles of modern-day Guatemala and Belize.
What are the Mayan?
The name of the people who built into the cliffside
What is Pueblo?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The Spanish explorer and governor who was searching for the fountain of youth
This refers to the journey by sea from West Africa across the Atlantic
What is the Middle Passage?
One of Indiana's senators
What is Todd Young and Jim Banks?
They were a powerful civilization that developed in the Andes Mountains along the west coast of South America.
What are the Inca?
The largest cliff dwelling in North America
What is Cliff Palace?
This man was commissioned by Spain to forge a route to the East Indies, which is today known as Southeast Asia. Although he died during his voyage in the Philippines in 1521, his ship and crew made the first circumnavigation of Earth.
Who is Magellan?
The term for someone with mixed (Spanish and Native) ancestry
What is mestizo?
The year the name "America" first was used on a map
What is 1538?
The earliest Meso-Americans, known for their large stone heads.
What are Olmec?
Large poles with carvings made by Native people from the Northwest.
What is a totem pole?