Prehistory/Early Migrations
Early European Exploration and Columbus
More Columbus
Maya, Aztec, Inca
Academic Vocabulary
100

The Earth is approximately this old.

What is 4.6 billion years?  

100

These were the first Europeans to reach the Americas. 

Who were the Vikings? 

100

Columbus is a controversial figure, with some people considering him a hero while others believe he was a monster.  This is one reason he's considered a hero (complete sentence please).  

What is (answers will vary - I'm looking for SPECIFIC info and a complete sentence to receive credit).

100

Human sacrifice was a tenet (central theme) of this culture.  

What was the Aztec?

100

To raise plants and animals for human benefit and consumption.

What is domesticate? 

200

Modern human beings have existed on planet Earth for approximately this long.  

What is 200,000-300,000 years?  

200

Name two fruits, vegetables, or animals that were brought TO the Americas as a result of the Columbian Exchange. 

What are bananas, grapes, oranges, honeybees, cows, pigs, sheep, horses, etc (several answers are acceptable).

200

Columbus is a controversial figure, with some people considering him a hero while others believe he was a monster.  This is one reason he's considered a monster (complete sentence please).  

What is (SPECIFIC info and a complete sentence needed for credit).

200

Of the three cultures listed in this section, this one came first.  

What was the Maya?  

200

To persuade to change one's religious beliefs.

What is convert?  

300

Human beings first appeared on this continent.  

What is Africa?  

300

Name two fruits, vegetables, or animals that were brought FROM the Americas TO Europe as a result of the Columbian Exchange.

What are turkeys, peanuts, squash, tomatoes, potatoes, etc (several answers are acceptable).

300

Columbus convinced King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to open up the New World to slave trading.  True or False.

What is false?  

300

This was the largest empire ever to exist in the Americas. 

What is the Inca? 

300

To move from one place to another.

What is migrate? 

400

Humans first arrived in the Americas via the Beringia Land Bridge this long ago.  

What is 12,000-20,000 years?  

400

Quinine is a medicinal plant found in the New World that is effective at treating this disease.  

What is malaria? 

400

These are two of the diseases Europeans (inadvertently) brought to the New World.  

What are (answers will vary).

400

Their capital was the city of Tenochtitlan. 

What are the Aztec? 

400

A small, fast ship used by Portuguese and Spanish explorers.   

What is caravel? 

500

This provides PROOF that early humans moved through Asia into the Americas.

What is DNA evidence?  

500

Columbus first reached the Americas on October 12 of this year.  

What is 1492? 

500

This is the name of the Native American group Columbus found on Hispaniola (hint: the name is five letters long).

Who were the Taino?  

500

Pachacuti, whose name is loosely translated as "He who undoes time and space," is considered the greatest ruler of this empire. 

What are the Inca?  

500

The classification of a group of people according to ability or to economic, social, or professional standing. 

What is hierarchy?