Summer test ch.1 Flashcards
Term to describe people who migrated from Asia to North America
Clovis people
Name of powerful empire of 6 million Native American people found in modern day Peru
Incas
Once nomadic Native American tribe succeeded the Mayan people and In the late 13th century established a rule over Mexico
Aztecs.
What term means that people or a culture lived by cultivating the soul, producing crop and raising livestock
Agriculture
Large Native American trading center near St. Louis
Cahokia
Name of language group of NA tribes located in new york
Iroquois
Largest language group of Native American Indian tribe, lived along the Atlantic seaboard from Canada to Virginia
Algonquin
Norse explorer glimpsed parts of North America, Newfoundland, discoveries never became common knowledge
Leif eriskon
European. Traveler traveled to China and returned to Europe bearing exotic goods
Marco Polo
Portuguese leader devoted life to the exploration of new routes to the far east around Africa
Prince Henry the navigator
Explorer born and raised in Genoa believed could reach orient by sailing west across Atlantic rather than easy
Christopher Columbus
Portuguese explorer discovered southern tip of South America
Ferdinand magellan
1518, what Spanish gov official from Cuba led small military against Aztec empire
Hernando Cortes
What deadly disease did the Spanish expose to the Aztecs
Smallpox
What religion sent many zealous missionaries to the NA people conquered by the Spanish empire
Roman Catholic Church
Spanish term for conquerors
Conquistadors
Spanish term for the large land grants given to Spanish explorers and colonizers
Enconmienda
Roman Catholic friar fought for fair treatment of Native American people by Spanish
Bartoolome de las casas
1565 Spanish established fort in Florida, name of small military outpost
St. Augustine
1680, Native American religious leader led revolt
Popé
Most domesticated animal Europeans introduced to the new world
Horses
World religion west Africans were
Islam
Most important crop European. Learned to grow from NA
Maize (corn)
Term for person of mixed race in the Spanish colnies, mom NA, dad white
Mestizo