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Native American; land bridge
The Bering Strait land bridge was a bridge roughly 1,000 miles north to south at its greatest extent which joined present-day Alaska and Siberia.
Sioux
Native Ameicans and first nations people in North America.
Pawnee
Native American people. Original people of Nebraska and Kansas.
Pueblo
Term used to describe modern (and ancient) communties of Native Americans in the Southwestern USA.
Adena
a pre-columbian Native American culture that existed 1000-200 BC in a time known as the early Woodland Period
Mississippian
a subperiod in the geologic time scale or a subsystem of the geologic record.
Iroquois
a member of a North American Indian confederacy, the five nations comprising the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onodagas, Cayugas, and Seneas, and later the Tuscaroras
Mayas
the power, as of a god, to produce illusions
Incas
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to Spanish conquest
Aztecs
a member of a Nahuatl-speaking state in centural Mexico that was conqured by Cortes in 1521
Renaissance
the activity or time if the great revival of art literature, and learning in Europe. 14th-17th century
Technology
the branch of knowledge that deals witht the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life
compass
an instrument for determing directions
Printing Press
a machine, as a cylinder press or rotary press, for printing on paper or the like from type, plates, etc
Moor
a tract of open, peatry, wasteland, often overgrown with health
Ferdinand
was a portugese sea captain. He was born in Sabrosa in northern Portugal, and served King Charles I of Spain in search of a westward route to the "Spice Islands" (modern Maluku Islands in Indonesia).
Isabella
was queen of Castile and Leon. Ferdinand was her husband
Protestant Reformation
known as the Protestant Revolt, was led by Martin Luther, John Calvin and other early Protestants
Trade
a purchase or sale; business deal or transaction
Henry the navigator
1394-1460 prince of Portugal
Nation States
a sovereign state inhabited by a a releativly homogenous group of people who share a feeling of common nationality
Chris Colombus
sailed fom Spain across Atlantic Ocean in 1492 looking for a route for the spice trade to india but found the West Indies
Treay of Tordesillas (1494)
agreement signed at Tordesillas, Spain when Span and Portgual divided the non- Christian world into two zones of influence.
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
set sail for America in 1500, re-naming now known as Haiti and Dominican Republic
Conquistadores
participants in the spanish conquest of South and central America in late 15th-16th centuries
Encomienda
the crown granted a person a specific number of natives for whom they were to take responsibility
Assiento
History of slaves refers to the permission given by the Spanish government
John Cabot
italin explorer in the service of England; discover of North America mainland 1497
Giovanni da Verrazzanoi
italin explorer of North American service of the French Crown
Jacques Cartier
french explorer of Breten orgin who claimed what is now Canada for France
Samuel de Champlain
father of new france, was a french navigator, cartographer, draughtsman
Father Jacques Marquette
was a french Jersuit in missionary who founded Michigans first European settlement
Robert de la Salle
a french explorer. Explored Great Lakes region and Canada, Mississippi RIver and Gulf of Mexico
Henry Hudson
english sea explorer and navigator in early 17th century
Joint-stock company
a type of corporation or partnership involving two or more individuals
Father Junepero Serra
was a majorcan friar who founded the missan chain in Alta California of the Las Californiaa
Assiento
History of slaves refers to the permission given by the Spanish government
John Cabot
italin explorer in the service of England; discover of North America mainland 1497
Giovanni da Verrazzanoi
italin explorer of North American service of the French Crown
Jacques Cartier
french explorer of Breten orgin who claimed what is now Canada for France