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Carved from wood, depicting legends and events
totem poles
mesoamerican empire built on the site of present-day Mexico City
Aztec
Wingwams and long houses
Eastern Woodlands
present-day state first explored by Juan Ponce de Leon
First African slave in America
Esteban
The belief that all objects have souls
animism
term for Spanish conquerors
Conquistador
Mound building
South East
oldest permanent city in the United States established by Europeans
St. Augustine
The trip transporting slaves from Africa to the Americas
the middle passage
made of earth; used as tombs or for religious ceremonies
Mounds
Mesoamerican rainforest empire that built step pyramids and made a 365-day calendar
Maya
igloos and hunting caribou and whales
Artic and Subarctic
land for which Columbus was searching
The indies/Orient/Far East
gained passage to the colonies in return for a period of servitude
indentured servants
Invasion fleet sent to destroy England
Spanish Armada
South American mountainous empire conquered by Pizarro
Inca
tepees, bison, and horses
Great Plains
region explored by Samuel de Champlain
Great Lakes or St. Lawrence River
Group of tribes near Jamestown
Powhatan Indians
Instrument for sea exploration involving lining up stars and horizons
astrolobe
English pirates who raided Spanish treasure ships
Sea Dogs
Totem Poles
Northwest Coast
English Settlement named for the king
Jamestown
Western African Empire heavily involved in the transatlantic slave trade
Songhai
Winter of 1609-10, when Jamestown was devastated by famine
"starving time"
froze to death as a sacrifice to the gods
Ice Maiden
Southwest
English settlement that mysteriously disappeared
Roanoke
Earliest Western African empire, known for trading gold, copper, salt, and slaves
Ghana
First representative government in America
Virginia House of Burgesses
sea explorers who settled on Greenland and visited Canada
Vikings
petroglyphs and nomadic hunting/gathering
Great Basin and Plateau
English colony named for the queen
Virginia
Chinese contributions to technology
Chinese Star Chart
constantly on the move in search of game and wild plants.
Nomadic
best known Viking Adventurer
Leif Ericson
Columbus though was America
Bahamas
Western African Empire whose leader disorganized the economies of some areas by spending so much money
French Protestants
Huguenots