First Americans Flashcards
Who was a Scandinavian (Norseman) who settled in Newfoundland?
Lief Erikson
The marketing word for the exchange of things between Old and New Worlds. (gold, riches, food, and power for disease, slavery, and exploitation)
Columbian Exchange
What are the Three Sisters?
corn, beans, and squash
Juan Diego
Our Lady of Guadalupe
What are potlatches
Huge feasts whose purpose was to feed everyone and prove status by being the most generous giver
Who are criollos
descendants of Spanish and Native American intermarriages
Pizarro is associated with (two things)
Capac and his nation the Incas
Cortez is associated with (two things)
Montzuma and his nation the Aztecs
The names of the first ships Columbus used when he landed in the Americas.
Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
Three navigation inventions that contributed to world exploration
astrolabe, caravel, rudder
Vasco da Gama
He found a sea route to the Indies by going around the tip of Africa.
Lenope
Huge North American Native American nation that lived around the Mississippi and to the east.
Cahokia
Huge Native American city near St Louis that surpassed any European city at the time. The palace had 600 rooms.
Matrilineal
family and clan identity is tracked through the female lineage through mother”s line.
14,500
People came and settled in the Americas at least that long ago
