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Three Worlds Meet

Across
This lead to increased power for European monarch and a greater European trade with the outside world
This civilization flourished in the Valley of Mexico ; sacrificed human hearts to their sun god
The first inhabitants of Americas arrived on a foot using a land bridge from Asia called ________
The assigning of tasks according to gender, age, and status. Differed from culture to culture. Ex: Women hunt, Men Gather
Three G's: GOD, GLORY, AND _______
This type of family centered around the mother, father and children excluding extended family members
Explorer searching for a western route to Asia, to claim land for Spain. Landed on Islands off the coast of America, but claimed it as India
This civilization developed a culture in the Guatemala and Yucatan peninsula area; developed the first calendar and concept of zero
Some Native American cultures never adopt agriculture and continue to move from place to place in search of food and water
The development of this allowed for the growth of complex societies
Religion founded by the prophet Mohammad.
European communities organized their societies based on this type of ranking: nobles at the top and peasants at the bottom
Portuguese leader who established a navigation school
This civilization developed in the humid rain forest along the Gulf of Mexico--known for large stone heads
Occurred when Martin Luther took action against the Catholic Church and divided Christianity between Catholicism and Protestantism
What caused the deaths of thousands of Native Americans (after the Europeans explored their lands)
Down
Civilizations that developed east of the Mississippi River. Cal mound builders for the large burial mounds they created.
The exchange of American and European agriculture and diseases; changing diets forever, but also killing many Native Americans
The Great Rift Valley located in ___________ holds the oldest human remains founded by archaeologists
The first Native American society Columbus came across (names mean "noble ones"
Who established trading posts and learned more about African for Europeans and used West Africans as slave labor
This civilization developed a large area across the mountainous parts of coastal South America
Lived in the Eastern woodland area of Canada and the U.S.
Europeans used many methods to colonize new land including (European) weapons, the plantations system, and ____________
Encouraged European exploration by building more confidence in human capabilities allowing for a desire to discovery or adventure
The first crop domesticated by the natives in present-day Mexico---we call it corn