Vocabulary
The most advanced civilization of the Americas.
Who are the Maya?
A region in Central America and southern Mexico where advanced civilizations live.
What is mesoamerica?
This was the number one cash crop in Haiti.
What is sugarcane?
This country led the independence movement across the Caribbean islands.
What is Haiti?
Maya societies had clear _______ that helped make up their societies.
What is social structure?
Crops for product
What is a cash crop?
Symbols that represent words, sounds, and ideas.
What are hieroglyphics?
Trade between Europe, Africa, and The Americas.
What is the triangular trade?
Spanish colonies were ruled by these.
What are viceroys?
The Columbian Exchange was the exchange of ____ and ____.
What is goods and humans?
Stones filled with hieroglyphics
What are stelae?
What is an advanced calendar?
Raw materials came from which continent?
What is The Americas?
To take control of.
What is seize?
Viceroys controlled _____ and ____.
What is land resources and native labor?
What are city-states?
These people led the city-states and made important decisions.
What are nobles?
Manufactured goods came from what continent?
What is Europe?
Haiti gained their independce on this day of the year.
What is Jan 1, 1804.
Led ceremonies, studied stars, and helped decide when to plant crops.
Who are priests?
Ajaw
What is the king?
These two diseases were the #1 killer of native civilizations.
What are malaria and smallpox?
Spanish settlers ____ the labor of Natives.
What is exploited?
He started the revolution in Haiti.
Who is Toussaint L'Overture?