American History I Flashcards
The ____________ were the first “major” civilization in Mexico
OLMEC
The _____________, also known as Paleo Indians, are generally regarded as the first human inhabitants of the New World
CLOVIS PEOPLE
___________ are mainly noted for the only known fully developed written language, as well as its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems.
THE MAYA
The _____________ dominated large parts of Mesoamerica
AZTECS
What was the capital of the Aztec Empire?
TENOCHITILAN
Ancient Corn
TEOSINTE
The ______________ were inhabitants of North America who, during a 5,000 year period, constructed various styles of earthen mounds for religious and ceremonial burial, and for elite residential purposes
MOUND BUILDERS
The _____________ became the most important center for the peoples known today as Mississippians
CAHOKIA
___________________ was a German monk, former Catholic priest, professor of theology and seminal figure of a reform movement in 16th century Christianity, subsequently known as the Protestant Reformation
MARTIN LUTHER
________________ was the first European to leave a detailed chronicle of his experience of reaching China
MARCO POLO
________________ started the first school for oceanic navigation along with astronomical observatory at Sagres, Portugal
PRINCE HENRY
_________________ sailed around the southrnmost tip of Africa in 1488, the first European to have done so
BARTOLOMEU DIAS
________________ was the first European to reach India by sea, linking Europe and Asia for the first time by ocean route
VASCO DA GAMA
____________________ was a Portuguese explorer who organized the Spanish expedition to the East Indies that resulted in the first circumnavigation of the Earth. (around the world)
FERDINAND MAGELLAN
_________________ was an explorer and conquistador that helped establish the town on the Isthmus of Panama, becoming an interim governor.
BALBOA
The explorer and ocnquistador and first European to see the Pacific Ocean
BALBOA
This conquistador is known for the conquest of the Aztec Empire
HERNANDO CORTEZ
The last Aztec ruler before the empire was conqured by the Spanish
MONTEZUMA
What was the name of the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incan Empire?
FRANCISCO PIZARRO
_________________ was a Spanish conquistador and explorer, who led a great epedition from Mexico to present-day Kansas through parts of the southwestern United States
CORONADO
A Spanish explorer and conquistador, that became the first Governor of Puerto Rico
PONCE DE LEON
Traveled in search of the fabled “Fountain of Youth”
PONCE DE LEON
A Spanish explorer who led the First European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States, and the first documented to have crossed the Mississippi River.
HERNANDO DE SOTO
An italian navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of parts of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is commonly held to have been the first European to encounter the mainland of North America since the Vikings. (NEWFOUNDLAND)
JOHN CABOT
