Chapter 1 - New World Beginnings

Pueblo Indians

Were the first to grow corn in the Americas

Encomienda System

A system in which Indians were given to landlords

theory of Pangea

The ________ suggests that all the continents were once a singular, mega- continent and over time spread out as drifting islands.

Iroquois Confederation

A group of 5 tribes in the New York State with Hiawatha being the leader

Eastern Indians

________ grew corn, beans, and squash (three sister farming)

Norse

The first Europeans to come to America

Ferdinand Magellan

Conquistador; the first to circumnavigate the globe

Black Legend

Concept that suggested that Spainiards only brought terrible things with them such as disease, murder and slavery

Hernan Cortes

Conquered the Aztecs at Tenochtitlan

Native Americans

________ had vastly different views than the Europeans.

English

The ________ and French were a threat leading to Spain setting up forts all over the California coast and cities like St. Augustine in Florida.

Europeans

________ began the colonization of the Americas 500 years ago.

Appalachian and Rocky Mountains

Created by the shifting of continental plates

Marco Polo

Traveled to China and ignited European interest.

Don Juan de Onate

Conquered Indians ruthlessly in New Mexico.

slave trade

The first ________ was across the Sahara Desert and was later along the coast of West Africa.

Christopher Columbus

Convinced the King and Queen of Spain, Isabella and Ferdinand to fund his expedition to what is now known as America

Indians

________ had no immunity to Old World diseases leading to an estimated 90 % of all the pre- Columbus Indians to die.

Smallpox

________ devastated the Indians.

Spanish

________ destroyed Tenochtitland and built the Spanish capital (Mexico City) on top of the Aztec city.

Mound builders

________ built large ceremonial and burial mounds.

Pangea

Theory that suggests that all the continents were once a singular, mega-continent and over time spread out as drifting islands