early americas
the oldest civilization in the americas
the olmecs
aztecs
these things symbolized the spirits of animals and native american ancestors
totems
corn
a sailor from genoa italy who decided to find a way to asia by sailing across the atlantic
christopher columbus
the exchange of goods, slaves, diseases between the old world (europe) and the new world (the americas)
the columbian exchange
maya
the olmecs were the first to build_________ in the americas
pyramids
true or false: all of the great plains native groups were nomadic
false
beads used as currency for trading and buying things
wampum
the three major reasons for european exploration
religion, fame, riches
true or false: christopher columbus finally realized during his journeys that he was not in asia
false
a system of knotted strings used to record stories,trade, etc.
quipu
name the 4 major civilizations we talked about in the early americas
maya, inca, olmec, aztec
this native american tribe formed a super strong alliance to fight enemies and make peace with other groups
the Iroquois
the culture area where the iroquois lived
northeast (eastern woodlands)
true or false: christopher columbus sailed for the spanish instead of the italians
true
why did columbus call the natives he met indians?
because he thought he was in asia and asia was called the indies at the time
the name of the people that migrated across the bearing land bridge into the americas
paleo indians
this civilization spoke quechua
inca
the two key things pueblo religion focused on
rain and maize
the religion that europeans were trying to spread in the americas
christianity
the capital city of the inca empire
cuzco
what current day country was the inca empire located in?
peru
totem poles were mainly made in this culture region/area
the northwest culture area
the group of natives that columbus met when first landing in the americas
the taino people