Christopher Columbus and his three ships reached the Caribbean and landed in the Bahamas, probably on what is

Native Americans taught the Europeans local farming methods and introduced them to new

Who became the first European to reach the Pacific coast of America in 1513?

After Columbus had shown the way, Spanish explorers and settlers flocked to the Caribbean hoping to become wealthy through conquest and

Most likely the first Americans were

After his first voyage, Christopher Columbus believed that he had

Some of the more advanced Native American cultures did all of the following except

Columbus called the native people in the "New World" Indians because

The term "Columbian Exchange" describes:

The crop that became the staple of life in Mexico and South America was

Europeans wanted to discover a new, shorter route to eastern Asia in order to

In an effort to reach the Indies, Spain looked westward because

European explorers introduced ____ into the New World.

The institution of encomienda allowed the

Malinche has earned a place in history as

The Aztec chief Moctezuma allowed Cortés to enter the capital of Tenochtitlán because

Spain began to fortify and settle its North American border lands in order to

The ____________________ culture (Mound Builders) emerged between A.D. 700 and 900, as agricultural technology and improved strains of maize and beans spread north from Mexico and up the Mississippi River.

The Maya had a talent for engineering and ____________________, which helped them develop complex and accurate calendars.

In the 1420s, the ____________________ began exploring the west coast of Africa and trading with West African merchants.

The Treaty of ____________________ established an imaginary line running down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, with all lands west of it controlled by Spain, and all lands east of it controlled by Portugal.

In 1520 Ferdinand ____________________, a Portuguese mariner working for Spain, discovered the strait later named for him at the southernmost tip of South America.

The American continent is named after the Italian explorer Amerigo ____________________.

large Mississippian city

built elaborate system of irrigation canals in what is now Arizona

imaginary north-to-south line running down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean

“land of flowers”