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| An italian adventurer who told stories of his adventures in China. Might have in actualality encountered the New World | ||
| Crushed the Incas of Peru. Brought many riches to the Spanish. | ||
| Explored Florida and thought it was an island. Looked for gold but ended up dying from an indian shooting him with an arrow. | ||
| 1539- 1542, this man took 600 men on an expedition. He discovered and crossed the Mississippi. This man brutally mistreated the Indians, and then died if fever and wounds. His troops disposed of his body in the river | ||
| Aztec chieftan; encountered Cortes and the Spanish and saw that they rode horses; Montezuma assumed that the Soanush were gods. He welcomed them hospitably, but the explorers soon turned on the natives and ruled them for three centuries. | ||
| Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506) | ||
| Took 600 men, a spanish castaway and an indian slave malinche, and took control of Tenochtilian and destroyed the aztecs with war, disease. | ||
| people of mixed Indian and European heritage. Now "Dia de la raza" is a day to celebrate the new race. | ||
| Traveled through Arizona and New Mexico. Discovered the Grand Canyon and Colorado river. | ||
| The great period of rebirth in art, literature, and learning in the 14th-16th centuries, which marked the transition into the modern periods of European history | ||
| Set the Line of Demarcation which was a boundary established in 1493 to define Spanish and Portuguese possessions in the Americas. | ||
| By the time the cultivation of maize had reached the southeastern Atlantic around 1,000 B.C., it had changed dramatically. Instead of just growing the corn, the Creek Choctaw, and Cherokee indians all created a new way of farming in which corn was grown, beans were grown on the stalks of the corn, and squash underneath. Large amounts of these crops were produced through this way. | ||
| extended period when glaciers covered most of the North American continent | ||
| Probably the first part of the North American landmass to emerge above sea level | ||
| native american civilizations of the eastern region of north america that created distinctive earthen works that served as elaborate burial places | ||
| the Spanish fleet that attempted to invade England, ending in disaster, due to the raging storm in the English Channel as well as the smaller and better English navy led by Francis Drake. This is viewed as the decline of Spains Golden Age, and the rise of England as a world naval power. | ||
| Concept that Spanish conquerors merely tortured and murdered Indians, stole gold and infected them with smallpox, leaving nothing of benefit | ||
| Spanish 'conqueror' or soldier in the New World. They were searching for the 3-G's: gold, God, and glory. | ||
| (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. Practiced human sacrifices and those sacrificed were captured warriors from other tribes and those who volunteered for the honor. | ||
| Rebels destoryed every Catholic church in the province and killed a score of priests and hundreds of spanish settlers. | ||
| Started popes rebellion. rebuilt a "kiva' or ceremonial religious chamber. took half a century for spanish to take control of them again |
