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14664322250Bering Strait land bridgeHow early Americans reached North and South America0
14664322251Nomadic; following food and herdsThe lifestyle that encouraged Indians to cross the land bridge1
14664322252Mayan, Inca and AztecsThe most complex Indian communities living in South America2
14664322253MaizeThis crop transformed nomadic hunter-gatherer societies into settled farm communities3
14664322254Silk, Spices, Oils/PerfumesItems desired from Persia & China4
14664322255God, Gold & Glory3 motives for Spanish Exploration5
14664322256HispaniolaThe area in which Columbus landed6
14664322257Semi-permanent settlementsMost people in the Americas lived in this type of settlement by the time of Christopher Columbus.7
14664322258Anasazi; PuebloTribes that settled in the Southwest; had culture based on farming & irrigation systems with permanent buildings8
14664322259Northwest IndiansLived in permanent longhouses that had a rich diet based on hunting & fishing9
14664322260Great Plains IndiansTribe that was nomadic OR farmers/traders; hunted buffalo, raised maize, beans & squash10
14664322261Bartolome de las CasasMan who stood up for the rights on the natives.11
14664322262Christopher ColumbusExplorer who won the backing of Queen Isabella & King Ferdinand of Spain to sail west from Europe to the "Indies."12
14664322263Columbian ExchangeExchange of plants, animals, and diseases (beans, corn, potatoes, tomatoes & tobacco) between Old World and New World after the time of Columbus.13
14664322264Corn, beans, squash (3 sister farming)3 crops from the Americas ended up being staple crops in Europe?14
14664322265HorsesAnimal introduced by the Spanish that changed the lifestyle of the Native American15
14664322266Smallpox, malaria, yellow fever, influenzaDiseases from the Old World and went to the New World; up to 90% of Native Americans died as a result16
14664322267SyphillisDisease from the New World to the Old World17
14664322268EncomiendaA grant of land made by Spain to a settler in the Americas, including the right to use Native Americans as laborers on it; essentially set up slavery for Native Americans18
14664322269Atlantic slave tradeLasted from 16th century until the 19th century. Trade of African peoples from Western Africa to the Americas. 98% of Africans were sent to the Caribbean, South and Central America.19
14664322270IroquoisA later native group to the eastern woodlands. They blended agriculture and hunting living in common villages constructed from the trees and bark of the forests20
14664322271CherokeeAre a Native American people historically settled in the Southeastern United States (principally Georgia, the Carolinas and Eastern Tennessee). Linguistically, they are part of the Iroquoian-language family.21
14664322272InuitA member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia)22
14664322273MayaMesoamerican civilization concentrated in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and in Guatemala and Honduras but never unified into a single empire. Major contributions were in mathematics, astronomy, and development of the calendar.23
14664322274Aztec(1200-1521) 1300, they settled in the valley of Mexico. Grew corn. Engaged in frequent warfare to conquer others of the region. Worshipped many gods (polytheistic). Believed the sun god needed human blood to continue his journeys across the sky.24
14664322275IncaTheir empire stretched from what is today Ecuador to central Chili in the Andes Mountain region of South America. Called the Children of the Sun.25
14664322276TenochtitlanCapital of the Aztec Empire, located on an island in Lake Texcoco. Its population was about 150,000 on the eve of Spanish conquest. Mexico City was constructed on its ruins.26
14664322277NomadEarly, simplistic man that migrated across the land bridge.27
14664322278New FranceEstablished in Canada and along the Mississippi River, focused on fur trade.28
14664322279MestizoPeople with mixed Indian & European heritage29
14664322280MulattoPeople of mixed white and black ancestry30
14664322281Cultural autonomyConflicts between Natives and Europeans were for the Natives to maintain this31

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