Indigenous people's history

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Italian who "discovered" America
Columbus
Year he came to America
1492
Country he was working for
Spain
Area that is also known as the "West Indies"
Caribbean
Country today where Columbus first landed
Bahamas
Resources that the Spanish wanted from America
Gold and silver
Civilization in Mexico
Aztec
Civilization in Peru
Inca
America was the New ...
World
What killed up to 90 % of the native population?
Old World diseases
First permanent English colony (town or state)
Jamestown, Virginia
Century or year this colony was founded
1607
Animal that actually did not exist in America before
Horse
Most important animal for meat and hide in North America
Buffalo
Native American tribe (actually a group of tribes) in South Dakota
Sioux
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Most famous spiritual leader from this tribe (specifically Lakota)
Sitting Bull
Sacred area to this tribe where gold was discovered
Black Hills
Famous battle in 1876 that the Native Americans won
Little Bighorn
The leading Native American warrior in that battle
Crazy Horse
The US colonel who died in that battle
Custer
Territory where Native Americans were moved
Reservations
Native American ritual and movement against the whites
Ghost Dance
Place of famous massacre of Native Americans in 1890
Wounded Knee
Rebel leader from the Apache tribe in Arizona
Geronimo
The indigenous people of Canada
Inuits and First Nations
The indigenous people of Australia
Aboriginal Australians
Famous instrument of the above
Didgeridoo
Lifestyle of many indigenous peoples
Nomadic
The indigenous people of New Zealand
Maori
Famous war dance of the above
Haka
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Dec 26, 2022
Just an fyi, Colombus didn’t discover America - the Indigenous people had lived there thousands of years beforehand, and even so, the first Europeans in the Americas were the vikings, with evidence of them being in modern-day Newfoundland centuries before him.