On what land mass did the first peoples use to come over to the Americas?
What is Beringia?
100
This is the oldest empire in the Americas.
What are the Olmecs?
100
These people lived at the "4 Corners" and were known for their pueblo houses and cliff-dwellings.
What are the Anasazi?
100
This series of religious wars spurred European trading interests with the Middle East and Asia.
What are the Crusades?
100
These are the 3 ships Colombus took with him on his voyage.
What are the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria?
200
What environmental event allowed for the first peoples to discover Beringia?
What is the Ice Age?
200
The Maya are best known for this creation based on their observations of the stars.
What is the calendar?
200
The Hopewell Indians were best known for creating these structures that were used primarily as burial places.
What are Mounds?
200
This was a time period from the 1400's to the 1600's in which intellectual thinking was highly regarded and Europeans started studying the Greeks and Romans.
What is the Renaissance?
200
This decree from the Pope split the world into two spheres of influence between the Portuguese and Spanish.
What is the Line of Demarcation/Treaty of Tordesillas?
300
What do we call people who do not live in permanent settlements but rather move around to find food and resources?
What are Nomads?
300
This was the capital city of the Aztec empire and known as a center of trade and commerce.
What is Tenochtitlan?
300
This was the largest Mound Builder settlement and is located in present day Illinois.
What is Cahokia?
300
This technological innovation allowed for sailors to be able to find their location while sailing the seas.
What is the astrolabe?
300
This Spanish conquistador was able to use guns, germs, and steel to conquer the Aztec empire in 1519.
Who is Cortes?
400
This crop allowed the first peoples to settle down permanently into towns and villages.
What is maize?
400
The Inca believed that their emperor was a descendant of this god.
What is the Sun god?
400
The Plains Indians were able to domesticate this animal, brought to the Americas by the Spanish.
What are Horses?
400
This Portuguese man was responsible for spurring the exploration of European countries through his building of a navy and creation of sailing schools.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
400
This was a right granted to a conquistador that allowed them to create plantations in the New World and own slaves.
What is an encomienda?
500
Evidence at this settlement in present day Virginia contradicts the Beringia Theory.
What is Cactus Hill?
500
This was the system of record keeping used by the Inca that included string and knots.
What is quipus?
500
These northeastern Indians formed a confederacy/federation, one of the first forms of government in North America.
Who are the Iroquois?
500
This was the first man to sail around the southern tip of Africa and discover the sea route to Asia.
Who is Dias?
500
The English, French, and Dutch started exploring the new world to find this route to Asia.