Highly developed societies with culture, politics, and technology

Disease outbreaks

To seize and occupy a territory or region

An extensive group of people ruled by one ruler

Connected in one block, like the 48 U.S. states

Major energy resources found in North America

Maize

A Spanish explorer-soldier

Large ranches found in Mexico

Location of the most of the United States' energy resources

Flat areas located in the center of continents

Shiny green stone commonly made into jewelry

Resources found in the mountains of Mexico

The year Christopher Columbus reached the Caribbean

Japanese surprise attack on the U.S. at Pearl Harbor

The U.S. colonists sign the Declaration of Independence.

Jacques Cartier claims part of Canada for France.

Year WW2 ended

Year the Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States.

Lasted longer than any other Native American culture

Also known as the Mexica

Began to develop a new civilization around 100 B.C.

Had a system of writing that used signs and symbols

Performed human sacrifices to satisfy the many gods they worshipped

Developed the first calendar with 365 days

The first to grow maize, or corn

Defeated by Hernando Cortez

Warfare, over-farming, or diseases could have led to their decline

Carved huge stone head statues with obsidian

The Spanish explorer who claimed Mexico for Spain was Hernan ___________________.

The name of the Aztec capital city constructed in the middle of Lake Texcoco was ___________________.

33. The agricultural practice in southern Mexico, where families only produce enough food to stay alive, is called _____________________________.

The river that provides a natural border between Mexico and the United States is the _________________________ River.

Ice sheets that cover parts of Alaska and Canada are known as ______________________.

Today, _______ percent of the population of Mexico practices the Roman Catholic faith.

The Spanish first forced __________________________ to work on ranches and in gold and silver mines.

The early settlers who spread across the United States in the 1840s were known as _____________________.

Achieving political results through violence is also known as ______________________.

The ancient civilization in Mexico that built temples in the Yucatan Peninsula was the _______________________ people.

The Great Plains extend throughout the ________________________ region of North America.

A war that is fought between two sides in the same country is known as a _____________ war.

In 1863, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, giving freedom to ______________________.

The type of agriculture that produces crops to sell for a profit is _______________________ farming.

The United States and Soviet Union were enemies during _____________________.

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