Mesoamerica & European Exploration

What group of Native Americans 1st had a matrilineal society?

In what year did Cahokia and the Mississippian civilization decline and die out?

The Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan was located where what modern city is located?

Which Native American tribe in the Northeast woodlands lived in wigwams?

What civilization is responsible for building the great city of Cahokia?

Which American civilization was living in what is known today as the "4 Corners" in the SW?

Between 9,000 - 10,000 years ago this happened which allowed nomads to settle down permanently?

In what year did Juan Ponce de Leon go looking for the Fountain of Youth?

The Native Americans of the great plains were considered nomadic, what does this mean?

What was the 1st civilization to pop up in Mesoamerica?

Why did the Native Americans of the Southeast not farm very much?

Which Mesoamerican civilization was known for being fierce & would regularly sacrifice people?

Prior to the invention of the compass, how did explorers navigate their ships?

What Mesoamerican culture created an accurate calendar on star positions that ended in 2012?

Sir Walter Raleigh founded the city of __________.

The Hudson Bay and Hudson River are named after what English explorer?

Which Spanish explorer was looking for Cibola but instead found "shaggy cows" known as buffalo?

Why did most of the explorers sail for Spain, even though they may not be Spanish?

What area in the modern world is considered Mesoamerica?

Who was the 1st person to discover America in 1492?

What was the land bridge that connected Asia with North America called?

What was the name of the Olmec capital city?

The majority of explorers sailed for what country?

The civilizations of the American Pacific Coast are recognized for what tall pieces of art?

What was the alliance between the Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, and Mohawk called?

What state did the Pilgrims land in when they landed at Plymouth Rock?

The French explorers were not as interested in gold but instead were interested in what?

What happened that changed the way the Native Americans of the Great Plains hunted?

Which of the following was a civilization that lived in the North East?

What river did René-Robert Cavalier de LaSalle follow north?

In what year did the Pilgrims come to America?

What Spanish explorer found the Inca's and destroyed their culture?

What Spanish explorer was the 1st to circumnavigate the globe?

America is named after which person?

What was Cortes looking for when he arrived in Mesoamerica?

What group of explorers/immigrants sailed to America aboard the Mayflower?

The Olmec lasted until what year?

Columbus was looking for _____________ but he really landed in ___________.

What was the name given to the group of Spanish explorers as a collective group?

The Aztec built their capital city of Tenochtitlan in the middle of what?

What farming practice did the Native Americans of the Northeast woodlands practice?

What group of English settlers celebrated the 1st American Thanksgiving with Native Americans?

The 1st Americans came from where?

What civilization did the Aztec destroy?

What Mesoamerican culture was not unified under 1 gov't and fought wars against each other?

Unlike all the other countries before them, the English were interested in what in America?

In what year did the Hohokam civilization originate in North America?

What Spanish explorer destroyed the Aztec civilization?

A smaller section of the Pilgrims who wanted to purify the Church of England were called what?

The Toltec are remembered for using what building technique?