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Paleo-lndians |
the first humans to reach North America during the Ice Ages |
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Neolithic Revolution |
Birth of Agriculture - leads to civilization |
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Olmec |
Mother Culture of Meso-America - stone heads |
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Maya |
City-states ruled by priest kings - S. Mexico-Guatemala |
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Teotihuacan |
1st civilzation in the Valley of Mexico - pyramids - trade with Maya |
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Toltec |
. Conquered Teotihuacan - Valley of Mexico |
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Aztec |
Conq. Toltecs, built large Empire - conq. Tribes for slaves and tribufr |
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. Inca |
Empire in the Andes - Cuzco Capital, terraced farming |
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Hohokam |
civilization - Gila River Valley - complex irrigation cities of Cibola |
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Anasazi |
Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde - civ. on Colorado Plateau |
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Adena |
1st Mound Building Culture in North America |
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.Hopewell |
mound building civ. baseed around Ohio - maize Serpent mound |
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Mississippian |
Cahokia - capital - dominated the central US - huge trade network |
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.Cheng He |
Chinese explorer- led the Grand Fleet into Indian Ocean |
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lbn Battuta |
Arab explorer - mapped Indian Ocean |
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Erik the Red |
Discovered Iceland and Greenland.- claimed for Vikings |
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Lief Eriksson |
. Viking - discovered Vinland - built colony there (failed) J. K. Aztecs believed that Cortes was this God |
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Johann Guttenberg |
Perfected the printing press DD. Conquistador - conquers the Incas |
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King Henry the Navigator |
K. of Portugal, built navigation school - exploration of Africa |
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Bartolomeu Dias |
explored all water route to India around Africa |
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VascodeGama |
Explored Cape of Good Hope for Portugal |
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Christopher Columbus |
Discovered the Americas - wanted to get to Asia |
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.K. Ferdinand |
K. of Spain at the time of Columbus' discovery |
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Q. Isabella |
Q. of Spain who gave Columbus money |
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Amerigo Vespucci |
Sp. Explorer of S. America/ Americas named after him |
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Juan Ponce de Leon |
Gov. of Puerto Rico- explores Florida - slaves |
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa |
1st European to see Pacific from Americas |
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Ferdinand Magellan |
1st explorer to attempt circumnavigation for SP |
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Hernan Cortes |
Conquistador who conquers Aztecs |
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Montezuma II |
Emporer of the Aztecs in 1519 |
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Quetzalcoatl |
Aztecs belived that Cortes was this God |
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Francisco Pizarro |
conqured the Incas |
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Atahualpa |
Emporer of the Incas |
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HernandodeSoto |
searched SE US for 7 cities of Cibola |
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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado |
searched SW US for 7 cities of Cibola |
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Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo |
explores Pacific coast to OR - builds missions in CA |
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Bartolome de Las Casas |
Apostle of the Indies - helped free slaves |
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Frs. Hidalgo, Kino and Serra |
Jesuit Fathers who built SP. missions in SW US |
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.Bartolome de Las Casas |
Priest who fought the enslavement of Native Americans |
