Olmecs & Mayans
Aztecs & Incas
Conquistadors/Explorers
Columbian Exchange/Triangular Trade
New Maritime Tech
100

Location of influential early Mesoamerican civilization that left a "cultural footprint" for future civilizations in the area

What is modern-day Mexico?

100

Early Mesoamerican civilization founded in the valley of Mexico with their twin cities Tenochtitlan and Tlatelolco; known for regular human sacrifice 

Who are the Aztecs?

100

Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs

Who is Hernan Cortes?

100

Landed in the Bahamas of the Caribbean but believed he was in India

Who is Christopher Columbus?

100

The GOAT of basketball

Who is Michael Jordan?

200
Mesoamerican civilization that emerged out of the Olmec civ; consisted of multiple independent city-states and decline of the population remains unclear

Who are the Mayans?

200

Early American civilization founded in the Andes mountains of Peru and Chile; known for ayllu's (family units) and pastoralism (llamas and alpacas) 

Who are the Incas?

200

Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas

Who is Francisco Pizarro?

200

People, goods, and diseases moving between the "Old World" and "New World" 

What is the Columbian Exchange?

200

The science or practice of drawing maps

What is cartography?

300

Early Mesoamerican civilization known for monumental artwork including giant stone heads

Who are the Olmecs?

300

Example of how Aztecs made physical adaptations to geography

What are chinampas (man-made islands)? 

300

Credited for beginning the Age of Exploration by encouraging his country to find a sea route to Asian markets

Who is Prince Henry "The Navigator" (of Portugal)?

300

Leg of the Triangular Trade that transported slaves from Africa to the Americas

What is the Middle Passage?

300

Allowed explorers to determine latitude at sea by calculating the position of celestial bodies

What is the astrolabe?

400

Role of pyramids in Mayan culture

What is religious purposes (worship to the gods) ? 

400

A reason for Aztec military conquest

What is human sacrifice of prisoners of war for religious purposes? 

400

Reached Asia by sailing around the southern tip of Africa

Who is Vasco de Gama (of Portugal) ?

400

Brought by "Old World" to the "New World" that devasted native populations

What is disease?

400

Allowed explorers to determine direction by means of a magnetic pointer

What is the (magnetic) compass?

500

Primary reason for the rise of the Olmec and Mayan civilizations

What is agriculture? (corn, beans, & squash for Olmecs and maize for Mayans)

500

Example of how the Incans made physical adaptations to geography

What is terracing the mountainside? 

500

Reached Asia (the Philippines) by sailing from Portugal around the southern tip of South America and then across the Pacific Ocean (thus circumnavigating the globe)

Who is Ferdinand Magellan?

500

Primary reason for the importing of slaves from Africa

What is to provide agricultural labor in the Americas?

500

Ships that were sturdy and more maneuverable on the open seas

What are caravels?