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Ship built by Thor Heyerdahl, started in Chili and made his way to the South Pacific
Kon Tiki
Successfully made the route across from east to west
Thaiti-Nui
- Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
- Lived in pueblos
- Irrigation canals
- Died out because of droughts
Anasazi
- “Garden of Eden” climate
- They didn’t have major challenges that demanded a response
- War like nature that made them unsocial
- Communism
reasons why North American Indians fail
Land mass that allowed migration from Asia to the Western Hemisphere
Bering Straits
Built a raft (Ra I), and sailed from the Mediterranean to the Mid-Atlantic. The raft sunk due to an oil slick. Then he built the Ra II where he started from Morocco and ended up in the caribbean.
Thor Heyerdahl
- Largest pre-columbian empire
- Located in Cusco (modern day Peru)
- Uncivilized
- Very developed architecture and roadways
Incans
Widespread trade of goods between the Americas and the Old World
Colombian Exchange
- Tobacco
- Maize
- Indigo
- Avocados
- Tomatoes
- Potatoes
- Irrigation
- Terracing
- Parkas
- Canoes
- Tents
- Advanced art & culture
Native American Contributions
Italian explorer who was determined to find the new world in 1492 but ended up in the Bahamas and Central America
Christopher Columbus
Explored South America and realized that the western hemisphere was a new land mass. America is named after him.
Amerigo Vespucci
- Central Mexico
- Temple building
- Bloody lifestyle
- City built on water
Aztecs
- Central America
- Advanced writing and architecture
- Developed the calendar
Mayans
- Illinois, Louisiana, & Mississippi
- Built mounds
- Resembled Aztec culture
- Labor system, government structure, and trading network
- Died off because of disease brought by the Europeans
Mississippian Indians
Named South America Amerigo’s land
Martin Waldseemuller
The first exploration of continental U.S. (Florida)
Ponce De Leon
Proved that the western hemisphere was a new land mass
Juan Balboa
Captured the Aztecs and they thought that he was God
Hernan Cortez
The conquerer of Peru who carried smallpox
Francisco Pizzaro
Sent out by the English King and allowed the English to claim land
Jon Cabet
Important figure in the Portuguese Empire, initiated the Age of Discoveries, and participated in trade with other nations.
Prince Henry the Navigator
- Started the Tudor Dynasty
- Began using Parliament in major decisions
- Built English strength, wealth, and stability
Henry VII
- Married 6 times
- Began Reformation
- Continued using Parliament in major decisions
Henry VIII
- Ignored Parliament
- Boy-king
- Hery’s only heir
Edward VI
