Unit 1 Topic 1 Terms Flashcards
What were the 8 different regions of America?
Northwest Coast
California
Plateau
Great Basin
Southwest
Plains
Northeast
Southeast
What kind of natives were in the southern part of the Great Basin and plains?
The pueblos
What kind of lifestyle did the Pueblo people have? What kinds of technology did they use?
They were farmers.
Used irrigation systems
Known for cliff dwellings
The northern part of the the plains/Great Basin/plateau were known for what lifestyle?
Nomadic hunter gatherers.
The natives in the northwest and California had what kind of lifestyle?
We’re sedentary. Hunted fish, due to being on the coast and had an abundance of wild life.
What kind of lifestyle did tribes on the northeast have?
Farming lifestyle, farmed a lot of maize.
Who was Vasco Núñez Balboa?
First person to discover pacific and claim it for Spain.
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
First person to accomplish circumnavigation of earth (although he died in the Philippines, his crew made it).
Who was Ferdinand of Aragon and his wife Isabella Castille?
Funded Columbus voyage.
Who was Francis Coronado?
Explorer in search of gold, explored Mexico, through Arizona and Kansas.
Who was Francisco Pizarro?
Defeated Incas and founded Peru/Capital of Lima
Who was Bartolomé de Las Casas?
Established encomienda system and talked about unfair treatment of natives.
Who was Hernán Cortes
Defeated Aztec Empire
Who was Malinche? (Doña Marina)?
Indian slave who interpreted for Hernán Cortes.
Who was John Cabot?
Italian explorer to explore northeastern coast.
