Vocabulary Terms
An extra amount of something such as food?
Surplus
Capital city was Tenochtitlan (present day Mexico City)?
Aztecs
What were the 3 methods Native Americans obtained food?
Foraging, Farming, Hunting
Columbus was an explorer and conquistador from which European country? (The country he was born in)
Italy
King and Queen who financed Columbus' voyages?
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
An area that is settled and ruled by the government of a distant land/country?
Colony
Mayans
The name of the land bridge that the first Natives crossed from Asia into the Americas?
Bering Land Bridge
In what year does Columbus begin his voyage in search of India?
1492
The leader of the Vikings in their journey across the Atlantic Ocean to North America?
Leif Ericson
A group of people sharing language, territory, language and share physical features?
Civilization
Located alongside the Andes Mountains in South America?
Incans
The trade of the Spanish and the Americas that united the Eastern and Western hemispheres?
Columbian Exchange
Columbus is appointed governor of this settlement in Spain's colony of San Salvador?
Hispaniola
Sailed for Spain and was killed in the Philippine Islands, but one of his ships did manage to circumnavigate the world.
Ferdinand Magellan
To sail completely around the world?
Circumnavigate
Civilization ended with Cortes, a conquistador, killing their king?
Aztecs
Evidence suggests that this groups of Europeans settled in what is known as Newfoundland today?
Vikings
Columbus' 3 ships were called?
Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
Appointed governor of Hispaniola by Spain's king and queen?
Christopher Columbus
A moment in history that marks a decisive change?
Turning Point
Capital city was Cuzco?
Incans
The king and queen of this European country financed Columbus' voyages?
Spain
Columbus encounters this Native American tribe in the New World called?
Indians "Taino"
Sailed for Spain and made it to the Isthmus of Panama and eventually to the Pacific Ocean.
Vasco Nunez de Balboa