American Colonization

Period when early people learned how to plant and raise crops

• Agricultural Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

• Bronze Age

• Gilded Age

A payment by one ruler or nation to another in acknowledgement of submission or as the price of protection

• Taxes

• Tithes

• Tribute

• Gift

Circular ceremonial room built by the Anasazi

• Adobe

• Tepee

• Longhouse

• Kiva

Spanish for "village"; term used by early Spanish explorers to denote large housing structures built by the Anasazi

• Tepee

• Pueblos

• Longhouse

• Kiva

A device used to determine direction, latitude, and local time

• Compass

• Map

• Astrolabe

• Radar

Sailing ship capable of long-distance exploration

• Caravel

• Tanker

• Battleship

• Sailboat

To sail around

• Navigate

• Encompassing

• Circumnavigate

• Encircle

Spanish for "conqueror"; the men who led the expeditions to conquer the Americas

• Warrior

• Gypsy

• Captain

• Conquistador

Form of business organization in which many investors pool funds to raise large amounts of money for large projects

• Merchant

• Joint-Stock Company

• Proprietary

• Monopoly

System in which settlers were granted land in exchange for settling in Virginia

• Indentured Servant

• Slavery

• Headright

• Immigration