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Maize
A type of corn plant developed by the Mayans and the Olmecs, had no ancestors, was made by planting two plants together. First feat of genetic engineering.
Columbian Exchange
Trade between New World and Old World-New world gives gold, silver, agriculture like corn, potatoes, pineapples, tomatoes, tobacco, beans, vanilla, chocolate, and give disease syphilis.

Old world gave agriculture like wheat, sugar cane, rice, coffee, horses, cows, pigs, and many diseases like smallpox, measles, bubonic plague, influenza, typhas.

Africans gave goods tools gold slaves.

15th-16th century.
Cahokia
North American empire located near St. Louis had as many as 30,000 people. Tribe of Mound and Wigwam builders.
Vikings
Nordic peoples known to raid and pillage throughout Scandonavia and Europe(mostly Northern) 8th-11th century.
Bartholomeu Dias
Portugese, first to round the cape of good hope.
Hernan Cortes
Overthrew Aztecs in his search for gold, created Mexico, Conquerred Tenochitlan. Sailed for Spain.
Encomienda
Basically feudalism used by the conquerers in Latin America, give land in exchange for protection, religion, houses.
Ferdinand and Isabella
Paid for Christopher Columbus to visit the new world. Ruled Spain.
St. Brendan
Irish Monk possibly visited Americas during the middle ages (484-577).
Appalachian Mountains
Mountains in East North America.
Incans
Ancient civ in south America, Peru and Chile, lived in mountains, roads, terrace farming, quipu. ANDES Mountains, Machu Pichu.
Treaty of Tordesillas
Spanish claim in America, gave Spanish most of land Portuguese not as much.
Juan Ponce de Leon
Searched for gold and fountain of Youth in Florida from 1513 to 1522. Killed by Natives. Found Florida, sailed for spain.
Francisco Pizarro
Pizarro invaded Peru, conquerred the Incans. Sailed for spain.
Francisco Coronado
Searched for seven cities of gold, found grand canyon and bison instead. Sailed for Spain.
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