Early American Peoples
This is the study of human history with ancient artifacts.
Archaeology
What is the term for someone who moves from place to place in search of food.
Nomads
This explorer and map maker is credited with naming America.
Amerigo Vespucci
This ancient roadway from China to Europe created a big trading empire.
Silk Road
This explorer was the first European to sail to the southern tip of Africa.
Bartolomeu Dias
This was the first crop that Native Americans learned to widely harvest
Maize
This early American civilization was found in present day Mexico and sacrificed millions.
Aztecs
This explorer was a Prince of Portugal and inspired many other explorers.
Henry the Navigator
This is the term for sailing across the globe.
Circumnavigate.
This is the term for people moving to another area or location.
Migration
This civilization was located in Central America and built many pyramid like temples.
Mayans
This explorer was the first explorer to sail across the globe.
Ferdinand Magellan
This line was created by the Pope in order to split the land between Spain and Portugal
Line of Demarcation
This explorer was the first European to sail to India.
Vasco da Gama
The traditions, customs, and ways of a people.
Culture
This civilization was found in present day South America and made structures such as Machu Picchu
Incans
This explorer conquered the Aztecs.
Hernan Cortes
These newly shaped sails helped sailors to sail across the world.
Triangular Sails
This explorer conquered the Incans.
Francisco Pizarro
This is the name of the land bridge that allowed early Native Americans to come into America.
Beringia
This is the term for having more than one God, which many early civilizations had.
Polytheism
This explorer was the first European to cross the Mississippi River.
Hernan de Soto
This newly invented tool helped sailors to measure the starts.
Astrolabe
This explorer was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas.
Vasco Nunez de Balboa