Early Explorers
Sailed for Spain in 1492 and reached the Caribbean.
Christopher Columbus
People who move from place to place in search of food.
Nomads
Native American civilization developed an advanced calendar and built pyramids.
Mayans
First permanent European settlement in what is now the U.S.
St. Augustine
Explorer who discovered the islands of the Caribbean while seeking a new route to Asia.
Christopher Columbus
Italian explorer that America is named after.
Amerigo Vespucci
The period of renewed interest in art, science, and learning in Europe.
Renaissance
Native group in the Southwest built homes out of adobe and farmed the land.
Pueblo
Why did Europeans want new trade routes to Asia?
To gain cheaper, faster access to goods like spices and silk
Explorer who conquered the Inca Empire in Peru.
Francisco Pizarro
English explorer who claimed land in Newfoundland for England.
John Cabot
The system where poor Europeans worked off the cost of their passage to America.
Indentured servants
Nomadic group that hunted buffalo across the Great Plains.
Plains Indians
Event in 1588 that allowed England to rise as a naval power and begin colonizing North America.
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
List the 4 peoples who created civilizations in Central and South America before Christopher Columbus.
Olmec, Maya, Aztec, and Inca
Man who conquered the Aztecs in Mexico.
Hernando Cortés
Business organizations where investors shared profits and risks of colonization.
Joint-stock companies
The main theory on how people first came to America.
Land Bridge theory
The island where the Lost Colony was created.
Roanoke
List the 3 large trading empires in West Africa.
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai
This explorer’s crew was the first to sail around the world.
Ferdinand Magellan
The movement started by Martin Luther that challenged the Catholic Church.
Protestant Reformation
Name one way nomadic tribes’ lifestyles differed from settled tribes.
Nomadic tribes followed food; settled tribes farmed and built permanent villages.
How did joint-stock companies help make colonization possible?
Allowed investors to fund colonies together
Esteban