a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees

plot constructed by staking out a rectangular enclosure, about 100 ft in length and 8 ft in width, into the marshy lakebed. Also known as floating island.

a hieroglyphic character or symbol

a payment to a more powerful ruler or country

a person's ability to avoid or fight off a disease

The capital of the Aztec empire

Tenochtitlan was built on a swampy island in Lake _____.

In order to keep up with the supply and demand to feed the people, the created floating islands "________" for farming in the swampy area.

The Aztec Empire ended from the disease of ______.

The Maya became the most dominant empire throughout _____.

Large cities were developed, the largest of these being ______.

Mayans are best known for engeineering and ____ skills.

The Inca did not develop in Mesoamerica like the Mayans and Aztecs.

Incas were set up in what is now known as _________.

Incas built their empire, called "______".

The _____ helped them expand their empire with trade.

Pedro Cieza de Leon was impressed with the ____ road system because the system went through very tough terrain.

By building the Inca road system, the Inca Empire was able to travel and ____ across hundreds of miles more easily.

What formed the center and became the capital of the Inca world?

_______ people settled across many landscapes in the Americas.

Indigenous people created ____ from the natural landscape around them.

Europeans demanded spices, they sent explorers to find new trade routes from Europe to Asia,

Europeans wanted to increase their wealth, so theys ent explorers to find resources such as gold, silver, and other resources.

Europeans sent missionaries with their explorers in an effort to convert foreign people to Christianity

Europeans sent their explorers to claim foreign lands for home country. Europeans did this to expand their empire.

________ viewed the Indigenous peoples as less than him and thought they would make good servants. He forced the people to work for him. If they did not produce what he wanted, he then had their hands cut off.

_____ viewed them as people who walked around and did not believe what the Spaniards believed. He forced them to be slaves and tried to convert them to Christianity. If they did not then he would attack them.

______ viewed them as savages who pierced their bodies and committed evil sins by committing human sacrifices. He ended up murdering all the Indigenous people at Cholula.

______ viewed them as any other human being. He believed they had the same rights as other in the Spanish kingdom. He wrote a letter about the treatment of the people that led to the development of laws that protected them.

______ was the founder of the Mississippi River. He was the first European to cross the Mississippi River. He traveled through Florida and all the southeast region of the United States.

_______ began the columbian exchange when he landed in the West Indies.

The ______ is a widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, technology, diseases, and ideas among the Americas, West Africa, and Europe.

Corn, Bananas, Potatoes, Beans, Peanuts, Agricultural Techniques

Livestock, Sugarcane, Wheat and rye, Coffee, Tools, Weapons

_______ and Tobacco are two examples of cash crops.

The most devastating negative consequence of the Columbian Exchange was ____.

During the long centuries when the Old World and New World did not interact, the diseases of ____, measles, influenza, diphtheria, whooping cough, chicken pox, Bubonic plague, and scarlet fever developed in Europe.

The indigenous people in the Americas had never come into contact with these diseases before the Europeans arrived. So, the indigenous people had never devloped ____ to these diseases.

______ occured during 1617-1635, killing 90% of the Native American population in the New England region of the United States.