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| believed to be the son of the Sun God |
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| raised piece to land with the tip leveled off to promote farming |
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| a type of government that links different groups together |
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| many different people who built mounds (Native Americans) - some mounds were used for burial purposes |
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| stone house or group of homes (made out of adobe - sun dried mud brick) |
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| a narrow passageway connecting two larger bodies of water |
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| small, fast ship with a broad bow - which is three masted |
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| the spanish lower class - they could have Spanish and Native American parents |
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| tolerate religions - granted Catholics and Protestants the right to worship freely |
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| a formal document written in 1620 - it provided law and order to the Plymouth colony |
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| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
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| first written constitution in America |
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| people that made local laws - it was the congress for Jamestown |
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| Pilgrims boat that brought them to America |
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| along the coast of West Africa - called this because high supply of gold |
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| city in southern Texas - a mission and military post for the Spanish |
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| off the coast of North Carolina, the last colony - Everyone left to join a Native American tribe that was nearby - first attempted English colony |
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| Pilgrims colony in Virginia |
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the main settlement of the new colony
*Was a Dutch city thenwas taken by the English because the Dutch said if they took their governor they wouldn't fight - before the English gained control over it it was name New Amsterdam, then afterwards they renamed it New York |
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Location - Western highlands of South America
What they are known for - largest empire, 1,000 miles of stone roads
Leader - Attawapa |
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Location - Mexico City on Lake Texcoco
What they are known for - Army civilization
Leader - Montezuma |
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Location - steamy rain forests of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Belize
What they are known for - built pyramids that are still standing
Leader - Mansa Musa |
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| Prince Henry the Navigator |
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| Prince of Portugal, started exploration center in 1420, laid groundwork for new era of exploration, brought in astronomers, geographers, and mathematics to share knowledge with sailors and shipbuilders |
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| brought Song hi empire to highest point in late 1400's |
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| ruled Mali from 1312 to 1337, described as Mali's greatest king |
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| explored a land west of Greenland, was one of the first Europeans to set foot on the Americas, Viking sailor |
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| first Spanish landing on mainland of North America |
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| a conquistador that landed on the east coast of Mexico in 1519, was in charge of territory near Tenochtitlan, Aztec conquistador |
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| led a voyage across the Atlantic and south along Eastern coast of South America, died halfway throught the journey, tried to circumnavigate but died halfway through |
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| tried to sail west to get to india but hit the Americas in 1492, Never actually set foot on the Americas, started movement of catholocism, sailed for Spain, was famous not because he found America but because he wrote a book about his travels |
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| governor of Virginia in the 1640s |
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| wasn't happy with Winthrop, moved to Connecticut with other Puritans, started Hartford connecticut |
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| wealthy Englishman who presented a plan to King Charles, was a quaker, founder of Pennsylvania, he was also a townsplanner |
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| questioned the religious authority of the colonies ministers and gained followers, got kicked out of Massachussetts because they wouldn't let her preach |
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| Pawtuxte Native AMerican, knew English, helped the Pilgrims, captured and released by the whites |
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| How was the Iroquous society organized? |
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| What needed to develop for Native American people to create civilizations and become non-nomadic? |
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a consistent food source
*AKA maize |
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| What types of homes were used by the Native people of the Plains, Northeast Woodlands, and Southwest? |
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| teepees, long houses, adobe pueblos |
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| When did European Americans first arrive in North America? |
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1492 - Christopher Columbus
1000 - Vikings came and went |
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| Why is the creation of Georgia as a colony unique? |
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make of poor people to use as a human shield
*made of debtors |
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