Period 1

Question 1

38,000-12,000 BC

Answer 1

Migration of Asains to the Americas across the Bering Strait begins.

Question 2

2500 BC

Answer 2

Corn developed at a staple crop in central Mexico

Question 3

1000 CE

Answer 3

Corn cultivation reaches the Eastern Woodlands

Question 4

1000 CE

Answer 4

Vikings come to N America.

Question 5

900-1200 CE

Answer 5

Hopi and Zuni build planned towns

Question 6

1200

Answer 6

Cahokia city-empire along the Mississippi

Question 7

1434

Answer 7

Portuguese explore coast of Sub-Saharan Africa

Question 8

1492

Answer 8

Voyage of Columbus to the Americas

Question 9

1502

Answer 9

First enslaved Africans transported to the Caribbean islands.

Question 10

1519

Answer 10

Cortes enters Mexico

Question 11

1520-1530

Answer 11

Columbian exchange occurs. Specifically the spread of smallpox in S and Central America.

Question 12

1521

Answer 12

Hernan Cortes defeats the Aztecs

Question 13

1542

Answer 13

Spanish explorers travel through southwestern United States

Question 14

1542

Answer 14

Bartolome’ de las Casas’s A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies

Question 15

1585

Answer 15

English colony at Roanoke Island

Question 16

Period 1

Answer 16

1491-1607