The European Conquest of the Americas
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Vikings | These people came across North America in the eleventh century. |
| Columbus | In the fifteenth century, this man discovered North America. |
| Europeans | Because of this discovery the ________ increased their power and and dynamism suring the half millennium. |
| Waterway | The Americas had a well-developed interior _______ that were free of obstructions and ofered easy acess to the interior of the country. |
| Climate | The _____ in the Americas is attrative, ranging from the hot and humid Amazon Basin to the cold North. |
| Rio Grande | The _________ is the river between Mexico and the United States. |
| Peru | The Spaniards generally lived in Mexico and _____, their two principle centers. |
| Indians | The ______ were said to have been there 20,000 years before the "discovery" of the Americas |
| Alaska | After the ice age, the sea level lowered creating a land bridge from Siberia to _______ |
| Arrows | The Indians used______ |
| Regimentation | The Indians were weakened by |
| Aztecs | The concept of war as a short-term ritual endeavor was a weakness for who? |
| The Indians | These people were decimated by epidemics |
| Pizarro | The natives believed that Cortez and _____ were gods |
| Win | The Spanished killed to ______ |
| Numbers | The Europeans lacked what in terms of soldiers? |
| Guns | The Europeans used _______ in battle. |
| Spaniards | These people came to conquer the Americas and were often referred to as conquistadors |
| Aztecs | ________ were Native Americans who occupied the region around Mexico City at the time of the Spanish conquest. |
| Cataclysm | A violent upheavel that causes great destruction or brings out a fundamental change is______________ |
| South America | Incas were ancient natives of what continent? |
| Quechua | ___________ is a member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca Empire |
| Nobility | Aristocracy refers to _________ |
| Hereditary | Passed genetically, or capable of being passed genetically, from one generation to the next is the definition for __________ |
| Assimilation | _________ is the process in which one group takes on the cultural and other traits of a larger group |
| Mesoamerica | _________ is a region of Central America and southern North America that was occupied by several civilizations, especially the Maya, in pre-Columbian times. |
| 1500 | By A.D _______ the New World had reached the stage of civilization that Egypt and Mesopotamia had attained about 2500 BC. |
| 2000 | How many distinct languages were spoken? |
| 23 | According to Anthropologists, how many culture areas were in the New World? |
| Yucatan | Where were the Mayans located? |
| Arts | What did the Mayans help develop? |
| Tenth | What was the last century of flourishing for the Mayans? |
| Texcoco | What Lake did the Aztecs settle on? |
| Chinampas | What did the Aztecs use to create more arable land? |
| Tenochtitlan | What was the capital of the Aztec empire? |
| Yahgans | Who were the least intelligent Amerindian tribe? |
| Venice | What did conqueror Cortes compare the capital of the Aztec empire to? |
| Unity | What was lacked among the Indians? |
| Hearts | The Aztecs offered what to the gods? |
| Agriculture | The Indians were brilliantly successful in ________. |
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