Native American Vocabulary
What is a wigwam?
A temporary round shelter made of reed mats and mud and bark.
Upstate New York
Who discovered the Americas first?
Christopher Columbus
(or the Vikings)
How many Africans were taken into the Transatlantic Slave Trade
9-12 million
What are some foods that come from the New World?
Tomatoes, potatoes, corns, beans, squash, etc.
What is a totem pole.
A carved wooden monument covered with family symbols.
Where was the Pueblo Civilization?
Southwest US (Arizona and New Mexico)
Amerigo Vespucci
What kingdoms and civilizations were in Africa before the Slave Trade?
Ancient Egypt, Aksum, Mali, Songhai, Ghana, the Bantus
What was the main cause of the Great Dying?
Disease (smallpox)
What is a kiva?
A partially underground circle where Pueblo men meet for rituals.
What are the homes of the Pueblo civilization made out of?
Adobe
What were the explorers looking for?
The journey across the Atlantic the slaves had to take
What religion does most of Central and South America follow, thanks to Spanish missionaries?
Catholicism
What are moccasins?
Leather Native American shoes.
Which civilization was the city of Cahokia a part of?
The Mississippi Civilization
Name a British explorer.
John Cabot, Henry Hudson
What were conditions on slave ships like?
What does the Triangle Trade refer to
Manufactured goods going to Africa, slaves going to the New World, resources going to Europe
What are the Anishinaabe?
Native American tribes from around the Great Lakes - such as the Odama, Ojibwe, and Potawotami
Which civilization had female leaders and were matrilineal (families based around women)
The Iroquois Confederacy
Hernan Cortez
They lost a lot of young and healthy people, their economy and culture suffered
What did the Treaty of Tordesillas decide?
Spain gets the New World, Portugal gets African and Asian ports, plus Brazil