Period 1: 1491-1607 Flashcards
1
Q
Treaty of Tordesillas
A
1494
divides world between Portugal and Spain
2
Q
John Cabot
A
1497 lands in North America
3
Q
Ponce de Leon
A
1513 claims Florida for Spain
4
Q
Verrazano
A
1524 explores North American coast
5
Q
Hernando de Soto
A
1539-42 explores the Mississippi River Valley
6
Q
Coronado
A
1540-42 explores what will be SOuthwestern US
7
Q
Sir Francis Drake
A
1579 explores coast of California
8
Q
Roanoke
A
1584-1587 “The Lost Colony”
9
Q
Plains tribes
A
Nomadic
Bison Hunters
Wichita
Sioux
10
Q
Northeast/Great Lakes tribes
A
Hunter-Gatherer or Slash-and-Burn agriculture
Iroquois Confederation
Algonquin tribes
Inter-tribal warfare
11
Q
Southwest tribes
A
Maize agriculture
Irrigation
Navajo
Cherokee
12
Q
Southeast tribes
A
Agriculture
Mounds
Cities
Cahokia
Cherokee
