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Overview of Major Civilizations in Pre-Columbian Americas

This text explores early civilizations in the Americas, highlighting the Olmec as the first known civilization with ball games. It details the emergence of the Mayan and Aztec societies, noting the conquests of the Aztecs by Hernán Cortés in 1521 and the Incas by Francisco Pizarro in the 1560s. The text also covers the Anasazi, notable for their cliff dwellings, and mound-building cultures like the Adena and Mississippian. Additionally, it touches on the complex social structures of Native American groups and European trading practices in West Africa.

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Overview of Major Civilizations in Pre-Columbian Americas

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  1. US Drill Unit I

  2. Chapter 1

  3. The first empire to emerge in the Americas was

  4. the Olmec

  5. believed to be the first civilization to have a ball game.

  6. The Olmec

  7. The Second major civilization to emerge in the Americas was the

  8. Mayan

  9. Around 1200 AD the third major civilization arose in the Americas, it is known as?

  10. The Aztecs

  11. In 1521 this person conquered the Aztecs?

  12. Cortes

  13. In the 1560’s this person conquered the Incas?

  14. Pizzaro

  15. These people lived on the mesa tops, cliff slides, and canyon bottoms of the Four Corners region (Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico)?

  16. Anasazi

  17. They made mounds in the shapes of animals that can easily be spotted by Airplanes.

  18. Adena, the Hopewell, and the Mississippian

  19. This Native American group had totem poles and potlatches?

  20. Kwakiutl

  21. a ceremony in which families give away large quantities of their possessions.

  22. potlatches

  23. underground ceremonial chambers for religious ceremonies and councils

  24. kivas

  25. Native Americans thought of land as the source of life and did not believe that is something that could be

  26. Bought or sold

  27. In the 1400’s these Europeans began trading for West African Slaves?

  28. Portuguese

  29. In the 1400’s, this empire controlled the Saharan trade?

  30. Songhai

  31. This king ruled from 1464 to 1492, and made Songhai the largest West African empire in history?

  32. Sunni Ali

  33. Popular trading city for the Saharan trade, regained its significance as an educational center for Islamic scholars in Africa.

  34. Timbuktu

  35. Benin gained its dominance over the forested area under the leadership of _____ (king) Ewuare.

  36. Oba

  37. Type of ship designed to sail against the wind?

  38. Caravel

  39. This man sponsored an up to date sailing school and some of the earliest voyages.

  40. Prince Henry

  41. King and queen of Spain who funded the expedition for Christopher Columbus

  42. Ferdinand and Isabella

  43. The names of the three ships used by Columbus on his journey?

  44. Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria

  45. Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492 and found a people called the Taino on an island he named ____________

  46. San Salvador

  47. the establishment of distant settlements controlled by the parent country

  48. Colonization

  49. What were the three G’s?

  50. Gold, Glory, and God

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