Characteristics of Civilizations
Characteristics of Civilizations
Early Exploration
Columbian Exchange
SS Skills
100

Both the Aztec and the Mayas built huge famous stone sculptures. Many remain today.

Planned Infrastructure

100

he US government sets the laws and provides protection for our country

Centralized Government

100

The year Columbus and his three shipped sailed.

1492

100

Because the Europeans accidently brought this from their countries, MANY Native Americans died

Smallpox

100

A flat drawing that shows what the earth looks like from above

Map

200

Film and dance are evidence of

Art


200

Audubon Charter School

Accumulated Learning

200

Explorered and claimed for Spain what is now the state of Florida.

Juan Ponce de Leon

200

What animal was first animal of conquest?

Horse

200

Drawings on a map that stand for real places or things

Symbols

300

Federal Income Taxes

System of Tribute

300

Louisiana exports sugar cane to other states and countries.

Trade

300

The first English explorer to reach North America.

Cabot
300

Name one crop/plant that Europe brought to the New World

peach, orange, grape, melon, banana, rice, onion, radish

300

An account from an eyewitness

Primary Source

400

Christianity; Islam; Judaism

Organized Religion

400

Stock market

Economy
400

This was the MAIN reason that Columbus sailed West from Europe.

Find a more direct water route to Asia

400

Name one plant that eventually changed the European diet

potato, maize, beans, peanuts, pumpkin, pineapple, sweet potato

400

Used to organize important events in chronological order and provide a visual representation of time

Timeline

500

Food processing factories to convert sugar cane to granulated sugar

Surplus Food

500

Medical School

Job Specialization

500

This European nation sponsered Columbus' expedition across the Atlantic in 1492.

Spain

500

Why did Native Americans lack immunity?

No exposure

500

Region

Areas that share a least one common feature? For example countries, states, and cities are political regions ( also climate and culture can define a region))