BHS Ramsey 2012
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| 198190511 | Canadian Shield | a zone undergirded by ancient rock, probably the first part of what became the North American land mass to have emerged above sea level | 0 | |
| 198192778 | Incas | 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. | 1 | |
| 198190512 | Aztecs | settled in the valley of Mexico, grew corn, practiced human sacrifices and those sacrificed were captured warriors from other tribes and those who volunteered for the honor | 2 | |
| 198192779 | Cahokia | an ancient settlement of southern Indians, located near present day St. Louis, it served as a trading center for 40,000 at its peak in A.D. 1200. | 3 | |
| 198190521 | Treaty of Tordesillas | agreement in which Spain secured its claim to Columbus's discovery, dividing the New World with Portugal | 4 | |
| 198190540 | Battle of Acoma | siege of Pueblo peoples; the Spanish severed one foot of each survivor and claimed the area to be New Mexico | 5 | |
| 198190541 | Popé's Rebellion | uprising where Pueblo rebels destroyed every Catholic Church in the province and killed a priests and Spanish settlers | 6 | |
| 198190519 | Columbus | Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China; the "greatest failure in history" | 7 | |
| 198190526 | Coronado | Spanish conquistador; was in quest for fabled golden cities; explored Arizona and New Mexico; discovered the Grand Canyon and buffalo | 8 | |
| 198190529 | Pizarro | Spanish conquistador; crushed the Incas in Peru | 9 | |
| 198190530 | encomienda | allowed the government to "commend" Indians to certain colonists in return for the promise to try to Christianize them | 10 | |
| 198190531 | Cortés | sailed from Cuba with eleven ships; picked up Indian slave Malinche who served as an interpretor; learned of Aztec gold; marched in Tenochtitlan; initially treated well, but he laid siege on Aztecs | 11 | |
| 198190533 | Montezuma | Aztec chieftain; believed Cortes was the god Quetzalcoatl; treated Cortes hospitably | 12 | |
| 198190543 | de La Salle | Frenchman who sailed down the Mississippi River | 13 |
