The American Yawp Ch.1

Question 1

Inhabitants of present-day Mexico and Central America. They relied mostly on corn.

Answer 1

Mesoamericans

Question 2

Inhabitants of the American Midwest and South. They developed one of the largest civilizations north of modern-day Mexico.

Answer 2

Mississippians

Question 3

Mississippian settlement near present-day East St. Louis, home to as many as 25,000 Native Americans

Answer 3

Cahokia

Question 4

a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States

Answer 4

Pueblo

Question 5

A canyon in northwest New Mexico containing a group of Ancestral Puebloan settlements.

Answer 5

Chaco Canyon

Question 6

Along with Isabella of Castile, monarch of largest Christian kingdoms in Iberia; marriage to Isabella created united Spain; responsible for reconquest of Granada, initiation of exploration of New World.

Answer 6

Ferdinand of Aragon

Question 7

Along with Ferdinand of Aragon, monarch of largest Christian kingdoms in Iberia; marriage to Ferdinand and created united Spain; responsible for reconquest of Granada, initiation of exploration of New World.

Answer 7

Isabella of Castile

Question 8

Italian explorer, sailed from Spain in 1492 and reached Americas, greatly increased European awareness of the North American Continent

Answer 8

Christopher Columbus

Question 9

(1394-1460) Prince of Portugal who established an observatory and school of navigation at Sagres and directed voyages that spurred the growth of Portugal’s colonial empire.

Answer 9

Prince Henry the Navigator

Question 10

An instrument used by sailors to determine their location by observing the position of the stars and planets

Answer 10

Astrolabe

Question 11

A Portugese sailor who was the first European to sail around southern Africa to the Indian Ocean

Answer 11

Vasco de Gama

Question 12

On October 12, 1492, after two months at sea, the Niña, Pinta, and Santa María and their ninety men landed here

Answer 12

Bahamas

Question 13

First Indian tribe encountered by Columbus

Answer 13

Arawaks

Question 14

the string of islands between North and South America (Modern day Bahamas)

Answer 14

West Indies

Question 15

Dominican priest who spoke out against mistreatment of Native Americans

Answer 15

Bartolome de Las Casas

Question 16

Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)

Answer 16

Hernan Cortes

Question 17

Spanish explorer who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541).

Answer 17

Francisco Pizzaro

Question 18

Spanish explorer who heard stories about the Seven Cities of Gold and set out to find them

Answer 18

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Question 19

Spanish explorer who discovered and claimed the Mississippi River for Spain

Answer 19

Hernando de Soto

Question 20

Ancient civilization (1200-1521AD) that was located in what is present-day Mexico City

Answer 20

Aztecs

Question 21

Capital of the Aztec Empire

Answer 21

Tenochtitlan

Question 22

Aztec emperor

Answer 22

Montezuma

Question 23

Aztec nature god, feathered serpent, his disappearance and promised return coincided with the arrival of Cortes

Answer 23

Quetzalcoatl

Question 24

A Native American people who built a notable civilization in western South America in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The center of their empire was in present-day Peru. Francisco Pizarro of Spain conquered the empire.

Answer 24

Incas

Question 25

The capital city of the Incan Empire, Located in present-day Peru

Answer 25

Cuzco

Question 26

A person of mixed Native American and European ancestory

Answer 26

Mestizos