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native american carvings that represent what is important to them
What is a totem pole
An Italian-born explorer who sailed for Spain, voyaged in 1492 to find a new trade route to India
Who is Christopher Columbus
The movement that pressed for great changes in the culture of Europe.
What is the Protestant Reformation
Enabled sailors to know in which direction they were heading.
What is a compass
They were noted for the hundreds of large burial mounds they built.
What is the Mound Builders
what is historiography
This Italian explorer sailed for the English and reached Newfoundland in his search for a passage to China.
What is John Cabot
The journey that brought slaves across the Atlantic Ocean
What is the Middle Passage
Enabled sailors to determine their ship's latitude at sea.
What is an astrolabe
The Five Civilized Tribes
What is the Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles
An economic system that was designed to enhance the wealth and power of a nation
What is Mercantilism
Sailed to India and returned to Portugal with a cargo of spices worth sixty times the cost of his expedition.
What is Vasco da Gama
The first colony established in North America
What is Jamestown
A Portuguese ship that sported two, or even three, triangular sails, making it extremely maneuverable.
What is a Caravel
Leader of the Aztecs, hearing of the Spanish arrival, he sent emissaries offering gifts that he had hoped would be picked up like door prizes by the uninvited guests on their way home.
What is Montezuma
The belief that all things (living or non-living) have souls
What is Animism
Determined that he could reach the Spice Islands of the East by sailing south around the Americas.
What is Ferdinand Magellan
The first governing body in the colonies
What is the house of Burgesses
The agreement where Portugal got rights to the land on the east and Spain got rights to the land on the west
What is the Line of Demarcation
Lived in small villages made up of two or three family groups or clans. Name means "town."
What are the Pueblo Indians
Conquistadors were given land and the right to labor and tribute from the native people
What is the Ecomienda system
Sailed northwest from Puerto Rico in search of more rumored wealth and a legendary fountain of youth.
What is Juan Ponce de Leon
The colony established by Sir Walter Raleigh that went missing
What is Roanoke
"legal" pirates led by Sir Francis Drake
What are the Sea Dogs
Probably the first Indians the English, Dutch, French, and Swedish settlers encountered in the New World.
What is the Eastern Woodlands Indians