Global
Migration & Early Peoples
Aztec, Inca, Maya
North American Cultures
European
Exploration
Vocabulary
100

The Earth has experienced several of these cold periods. BRR.....

Ice Ages

100

If 0 is your score, you can thank them for developing the concept. 

The Mayans

100

Killed an estimated 90% of indigenous Americans. 

European Disease

100

We got there first! (1001 to be exact)

The Vikings

100

To travel all the way around the Earth

circumnavigate

200

Corn, beans, and squash is a funny name for this feminine trio. 

The Three Sisters

200

10,000 miles of road? Glad I'm not a runner for these guys. 

The Inca

200

Who runs the world? Girls!

Well, at least in our society. 

The Iroquois 

200

You're telling me I didn't land here? Well... let's just keep this name for the people I found. 

India

200

The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, ideas, and more between the Old World and the New World that began in the 15th century.

Columbian Exchange

300

Permanent settlements and rising population all because of this simple concept!?

Agriculture

300

Good luck attacking our capital Tenochtitlán!

The Aztec

300

These made hunting buffalo almost too easy. Thanks old world!

Horses

300

I was first around the world.... kinda.

Magellan

300

More than what is needed or used; excess.

Surplus

400

The first "civilization" in the Americas? Now that's impressive!

The Olmec

400

We can farm on a mountain. Just terrace it!

The Inca

400

Ben Franklin admired this alliance- and you should too!

The Iroquois League 

400

Columbus claimed the new world for Spain- be he actually hails from this country. 

Italy

400

A raised road or track across low or wet ground.

Causeway

500

The land bridge migration theory is great and all, but I like this other theory better. 

Coastal Migration

500

It's a quarter of a day off. What's the big deal?

The Mayan Calendar

500

We move from place to place following our food. Besides, who wants to live in one place all the time?

Nomads

500

I claim the Pacific Ocean for Queen Isabella and Spain!

Balboa

500

An ancient Inca device for recording information, consisting of variously colored threads knotted in different ways.

Quipu