---Check out our YOUTUBE CHANNEL for more help: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk-nPmzCoVv12ogaCGWb9tA--- All bold terms and important people from Chapter 1, New World Beginnings, in the American Pageant textbook by Kennedy, Cohen, and Bailey.
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| 1912739536 | Canadian Shield | Zone of Northern America supported by massive rock outcropping. | 0 | |
| 1912739537 | Incas | Native American tribe in Peruvian Andes. | 1 | |
| 1912739538 | Aztecs | Native American tribe in present-day Mexico City, known for its human sacrifices. | 2 | |
| 1912739539 | nation-states | Civilizations with functioning governments and civil bureaucracies. | 3 | |
| 1912739540 | Cahokia | St. Louis settlement home to many Native Americans. | 4 | |
| 1912739541 | Three-Sister Farming | Practice of growing beans, corn, and squash together for maximum yield. | 5 | |
| 1912739542 | Middlemen | Muslim traders who raised prices on Asian goods. | 6 | |
| 1912739543 | Caravel | Innovative Portugese ship with triangular sails, allowing it to sail into the wind. | 7 | |
| 1912739544 | planation | Large scale agricultural enterprise using slavery to grow commercial crops. | 8 | |
| 1912739545 | Columbian exchange | Transfer of diseases, crops, and livestock between the Old and New Worlds. | 9 | |
| 1912739546 | Treaty of Tordesillas | Agreement which gave Brazil and African territory to Portugal, but the rest of South America to Spain. | 10 | |
| 1912739547 | Conquistadores | Spanish military commanders/explorers. | 11 | |
| 1912739548 | Capitalism | Economic system characterized by private property and free trade. | 12 | |
| 1912739549 | Encomienda | Spanish system of legal slavery. | 13 | |
| 1912739550 | Noche Triste | Night during which the Aztecs attacked and drove Cortes and the Spanish away from Tenochtitlan. | 14 | |
| 1912739551 | Mestizos | Those who had Spanish and Native American descent. | 15 | |
| 1912739552 | Battle of Acoma | Clash between Spanish and Native Americans in which the Spanish severed the foot of every survivor. | 16 | |
| 1912739553 | Pope's Rebellion | Pueblo rebels destroy Churches and kill hundreds of Spaniards. | 17 | |
| 1912739554 | Black Legend | Myth that Spaniards brought nothing but slavery and genocide to the New World. | 18 | |
| 1912739555 | Ferdinand and Isabella | Leaders of Spain during the exploration of the New World. | 19 | |
| 1912739556 | Christopher Columbus | Spanish explorer who first reported the existence of the New World to the European powers. | 20 | |
| 1912739557 | Francisco Coronado | Spanish explorer of present day Kansas. | 21 | |
| 1912739558 | Francisco Pizarro | Conquistador who conquered the Incas. | 22 | |
| 1912739559 | Bartolome de Las Casas | Spanish priest who tried to protect Native Americans. | 23 | |
| 1912739560 | Hernan Cortes | Conquistador who conquered the Aztecs. | 24 | |
| 1912739561 | Malinche (Dona Marina) | Aztec woman who translated for Cortes and eventually married him. | 25 | |
| 1912739562 | Moctezuma | Leader of the Aztecs during the war against Cortes. | 26 | |
| 1912739563 | Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot) | European discoverer of Canada. | 27 | |
| 1912739564 | Robert de La Salle | French explorer of the Mississippi River. | 28 | |
| 1912739565 | Father Junipero Serra | Leader of the effort to christianize Native Americans in California. | 29 |
