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A supercontinent made up of all the earth’s land

Land founded upon ancient rock that was likely the first part of dry North America

Inhabited peru

Inhabited Central America

Inhabited mexico

Indian corn (central part of culture + fed populations)

Lived in Rio Granda Valley (made irrigation systems)

Societies where political legitimacy and authority overlays a large degree of cultural commonality

Cliff dwellers in the southwest

Mississippi settlement of up to 25000 people

Maize, beans, and squash being grown together (natives)

Had a large army

Iroquois rivals in the Great Lake region

Women had authority; power and possessions passed down the female side of the family

Ship that can sail more closely into the wind

14th century movement that fostered a spirit of adventure

Italian seafarer supported by Spain, landed at an island near the Bahamas 1492

Exchange of goods between the old and new worlds

Cattle, pigs, horses, sugarcane

Tobacco, maize, beans, tomatoes, potatoes

Division of the new world land by Spain and Portugal (Spain: americas, Portugal: Africa and Asia)

A system allowing the government to give Indian slaves to colonists if they Christianize them

Conquered the aztecs

Aztec cheiftain

(Dona marina) cortez’ main interpreter

The Aztecs attacked the Spanish and drove them out of the city

Crushed the Incas of Peru in 1532

People with mixed Indian and European heritage

Spanish conqueres

English explorer of northeast North America

Spanish won, sentenced North America to 25 years of slavery

A part of a country outside the capitol

Pueblo rebels destroyed Catholic Churches and killed priests and Spanish settlers, took the Spanish half a century to reclaim the land

French, explored the Mississippi River, named Louisiana after Kind Louie

Founded 21 missions up the California coast

Concept by Spain’s Protestant rivals that the Spainards did nothing but torture and kill “in Jesus name”

Appalled by encomienda system

United Spain

Discovered many natural wonders