When was the Treaty of Tordesillas and what did it do?
1494, divided Spanish and Portuguese claims to the Americas.
Contrast the culture of indigenous people in North America and the culture of indigenous people in South America.
Fewer people in the north because of fewer farming skills, such as maize. South America had huge cities like Tenochtitlan.
Similarities between the cultures of the indigenous peoples of North America and those in Central and South America in the period 1491-1607.
Religions deeply rooted in nature, relied on agriculture, adapted well to the environment, and gender roles were relatively the same.
Explain one specific contrast between language families among native Americans and Europeans.
All European languages are from the same family (Indo-European), while American Indians had more than 20 language families, like Algonquian and Siouan, and 400 languages.
What tribes were in the southwest?
Anasazi, Pueblo, Hohokam
Who was in the Ohio Valley?
Adena Hopewell. Some spread into New York.
Who was in the Atlantic Seaboard?
Descendants of the woodland mound builders, like the Cherokee and Lumbee.
