Unit 2: Native Americans and Explorers

Question 1

Exchange

Answer 1

giving or taking one thing in return for another; trade

Question 2

Myth

Answer 2

A popular belief or tradition that includes the ideals or values of a society

Question 3

Artifacts

Answer 3

An object made by a human being

Question 4

Evidence

Answer 4

Facts or proof that supports a claim

Question 5

Claim

Answer 5

Thesis or the idea you are trying to prove

Question 6

Migration

Answer 6

moving from one location to another

Question 7

Nomadic

Answer 7

Moving from place to place to find what you need to live

Question 8

Tenochtitlan

Answer 8

capital city of the Aztec empire, located where Mexico city stands now

Question 9

Aztec

Answer 9

People who formed a powerful empire that was located in present day Mexico

Question 10

Inca

Answer 10

South American people that built one of the largest and most organized empires in the Americas

Question 11

chinampas

Answer 11

a floating garden on which the Aztec grew crops

Question 12

quipus

Answer 12

knotted ropes used by the Inca for record keeping

Question 13

terraced gardens

Answer 13

Inca method of farming on mountainous terrain

Question 14

adobe

Answer 14

Sun-dried brick used to build pueblos

Question 15

Machu Picchu

Answer 15

ancient Inca city; preserved because the Spanish never found it

Question 16

Three Sisters

Answer 16

corn, beans, squash

Question 17

Kachinas

Answer 17

Pueblo believed these spirits guided their world; also were made into dolls to teach children about the spirits

Question 18

kivas

Answer 18

special Pueblo rooms used for religious ceremonies

Question 19

League of Five Nations

Answer 19

Five Iroquois tribes that met in council once a year; made up of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca tribes

Question 21

longhouses

Answer 21

large Iroquois homes that housed 15-20 families

Question 22

dreamcatchers

Answer 22

used to filter good and bad dreams of the Algonquin

Question 23

Great Spirit of Manitou

Answer 23

the main Algonquin god

Question 24

Columbian Exchange

Answer 24

global exchange of goods and ideas between the peoples of the western and eastern hemispheres

Question 25

Christopher Columbus

Answer 25

Explorere who sailed for Spain, given credit for discovering America

Question 26

Juan Ponce de Leon

Answer 26

Spanish explorer given credit for discovering Florida

Question 27

Henry Hudson

Answer 27

English explorer who discovered water routes in North America.

Question 28

Amerigo Vespucci

Answer 28

Explored the coast of South America, America was named after him

Question 29

Jacques Cartier

Answer 29

French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence River and claimed that region for France

Question 30

Francisco Pizarro

Answer 30

Spanish conquistador who defeated the Incan empire

Question 31

conquistador

Answer 31

name for the Spanish explorers who claimed land in the Americas for Spain

Question 32

Hernan Cortes

Answer 32

Spanish conquestador who defeated the Aztec empire and conquered Mexico

Question 33

Francisco Coronado

Answer 33

Spanish conquistador who explored the southwestern United States, including New Mexico

Question 34

Hernando de Soto

Answer 34

Conquistador and first European explorer to document crossing the Mississippi River

Question 35

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Answer 35

Spanish explorer and conquistador; First European explorer to have reached the Pacific Ocean from the New World.

Question 36

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

Answer 36

Spanish explorer who explored present-day Florida, Texas, and Mexico

Question 37

John Cabot

Answer 37

Italian explorer who sailed for England, credited with being the first European explorer to come into contact with mainland North America since the Vikings,

Question 38

Samuel de Champlain

Answer 38

French explorer who established a settlement where the city of Quebec exists today