The land bridge that people used to first come to the Americas.
What is the Bering Land Bridge?
100
After the Europeans arrived in the Caribbean, this caused the deaths of countless Native Americans.
What is disease? (smallpox)
100
The practice of bringing water to crops.
What is irrigation?
100
The religion followed by the Conquistadors.
What is Christianity?
100
He wanted to find a sea route to India traveling west.
Who is Columbus?
200
This is needed before a civilization can develop.
What is a food surplus? (Agriculture)
200
This person allied himself with enemies of the Aztec who helped him and his troops.
Who is Hernan Cortez?
200
The practice of breeding plants or taming animals to meet human needs.
What is domestication?
200
Followers of the religion of Islam.
Who are Muslims?
200
This prince is known as the Navigator, due to the school he set up.
Who is Prince Henry?
300
The African kingdoms of Songhai, Benin, and Kongo all gained power by controlling this.
What is trade?
300
The three things that Dr. Jared Diamond uses to explain why the Spanish were able to conquer the Incas so easily.
What are guns, germs, and steel?
300
Chopping down then burning trees on a plot of land.
What is slash-and-burn agriculture?
300
This queen was angry at Columbus for not spreading Christianity.
Who is Queen Isabella?
300
This type of ship had both square sails and triangular ones.
What is the caravel?
400
Give one reason why Mesoamerican cultures were considered to be advanced.
What is
a. They were able to settle and sustain themselves in one area.
b. They were expert builders and masons.
c. They were able to create a calendar system.
400
This was the type of sword used by the Spanish when they defeated the Inca.
What is the rapier?
400
Tracing ancestry through the mother.
What is matrilineal?
400
A way of life shared by people with similar arts, beliefs, and customs.
What is culture?
400
This was the native group in the Caribbean that Columbus mistakenly called Indians.
Who are the Taino?
500
Name one reason why ancient Africa's history is difficult to reconstruct.
What is
a. It was not written down.
b. They used mud-bricks for construction.
500
The Incan ruler who was defeated by Pizzaro.
Who is Atahualpa?
500
The alliance of the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca.
What is the Iroquois League?
500
This religion was founded by Muhammad in the 600s.
What is Islam?
500
A ____ plans the course of a ship by using instruments to find its position.