Vocabulary
nomad
maize
hieroglyphics
Northern peoples hunted...
wales, seals, and walruses.
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
artifact
large animals that roamed the plains
buffalo
_______ came along and caused dramatic change forever to the Americas
Spanish
Western peoples lived in the....
Hint: Type of land feature
mountains
Who conquered the Aztec empire?
Hernan Cortes
Spanish explorer
conquistador
3 foods that were commonly farmed by Incas
maize, tobacco, cotton
__________ conquered others with their powerful army.
Inca
Southwestern peoples raised what type of animal?
Sheep
After the arrival of Europeans, many Native Americans died from what?
disease, starvation
Spanish town in the Americas
pueblo
cotton cloth, pottery, tools, weapons, jewelry, etc.
The Aztec's largest city was called...
Tenochtitlan
Plains people used buffalo as... (three things)
food, shelter, clothes, tools, weapons
the process of changing religious beliefs
a narrow passage of water connecting to larger bodies of water
strait
The Aztec believed they must perform human sacrifices to please the gods and to ensure abundant....
harvests.
The four Great Civilizations
Olmec, Maya, Aztec, and Inca
What did Eastern people form that linked and united different groups?
federations
Who got along well with the Native Americans?
the French