Providing water to an area of dry land.

Being connected or touching along a border.

A large mass of ice & packed snow that moves slowly along the surface of the earth.

A system of several mountain ranges separated by valleys and wide plateaus

A layer beneath the earth that contains water

A barrier that controls the flow of water.

A narrow strip of land that extends out into a body of water.

To strengthen or add protection against an enemy.

To leave a nation or group to which one belongs.

The shift to large-scale production using machines.

The refusal to take sides in a conflict.

The belief that slavery should be ended

A formal change to a law.

The overthrow of a government.

To settle on and take control of land in another country.

Extending across a continent

A partnership or connection among countries, groups of people, or individuals.

An outbreak of a disease that spreads widely.

To force a person to leave a country as punishment.

A harsh government in which a ruler has total control and usually oppresses the people.

A Spanish soldier-explorer

A society with a highly developed culture, politics, and technology.

The addition of territory to a state or country

A form of government in which the people elect representatives.

He was elected president of the USA in 1860 and southerners thought he would abolish slavery.

He was elected president of the Confederated States of America when the Civil War began.

This fort in South Carolina was where the first shots of the Civil War were fired (no people died, but one horse did).

This was the place of the Civil War battle where people brought picnic baskets to watch the fight happen.

On January 1st, 1863 president Abraham Lincoln freed all slaves in the Confederate territory with this announcement.

The period of time after the Civil War ended when the US had to rebuild itself was called this.

In 1914 Russia, France, and Great Britain went to war against Germany, Ottoman Empire, and Austria-Hungary in this war.

The US stock market crash on October 29th, 1929 (Black Tuesday) caused this worldwide economic downturn.

In 1933, Adolf Hitler rose to power in Germany and became a dictator who planned to conquer Europe at the beginning of this war.

A day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 this country joined Britain, France, and the Soviet Union in the second World War.

In August 1845 the USA dropped two atomic bombs on this Axis country at the end of the second World War.

Adolf Hitler's organized murder of Jews and other groups that killed an estimated six million people was called this.

Even though the USA and USSR were allies in WWII, the two countries had a race to get the most nuclear weapons during this war.

On September 11th, 2001 terrorists attacked the USA by hijacking and crashing airplanes into the World Trade Center at the beginning of this war.

This culture lived on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico around the year 100 BCE, but they mysteriously started to disappear around the year 900 CE.

This Empire settled in the area of modern Mexico City around 1325 CE where their capital city Tenochtitlán was located.

These Spanish explorers in the 1500s took control of Caribbean islands and started looking for the Aztecs' riches on the North American continent.

He was the ruler of the Aztec Empire when the conquistadors arrived from Spain.

He led the Spanish fight against the Aztec empire and eventually established the new capital of Mexico City on the place where Tenochtitlán once stood.

She was a Native American translator and guide who helped the Spanish colonize Mexico.

This is one of the diseases that the Spanish brought to North America that killed large numbers of native people.

The people in the highest social class in colonial Mexico were called

People who were born in Spain but lived in Mexico during the colonial period were called this

People in colonial Mexico who were born from one Spanish parent and one Native American parent were called this

In 1810 a Catholic priest led a revolt against the peninsulares where about 100,000 men killed many peninsulares & criollos and captured several Mexican cities.

This Catholic priest and revolutionary continued the fight for Mexican independence after Father Hidalgo was executed and he helped create the first Mexican constitution.

In 1822 this colonel crowned himself emperor of Mexico until one of his own generals forced him out of Mexico and took control of the country.

This first president of Mexico had a funeral for his amputated leg, introduced chewing gum to the USA, and fought at the battle of the Alamo in Texas.

There is a basement at the Alamo.

When Santa Anna sold some Mexican land to the USA in 1853 it was called the