2022-08-29 Flashcards
What were the most highly developed cultures of the Native Americans?
Mexican and South American Civilizations
What was the primary food source of the Native Americans?
Trinity- beans, corn, squash
Domestication
Breeding of plants and animals for human use
What was Christopher Columbus’s mission?
To find the treasures of the the “Indies”
15th centurary gps
Astrolabe
Sail rigging that helped navigate into the wind
Caravel
Tribute system was…
Aztec taxes basically
Who helped the Spaniards take over the Aztec Empire?
Dona Maria or Malinche
Which Indians were known as the mother culture of the America’s?
Olmec Indians
Where was the Olmec Indians centered and what did they do?
Gulf of Mexico and trade
Where were the Mayan Indians centered?
Guatemala
Where were the Incan Indians centered?
Peru
The capital city of the Incans
Cuzco
Where Machu Picchu is
Andes Mountains