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6712069960maize cultivationThe growing of Indian corn, a staple of many Indians diets, leading many nomadic tribes to settle and develop great civilizations such as the Aztecs incas and Mayans.0
6712069961hunter-gatherer economyA nomadic way of life with no agriculture focused on following food sources including animals and wild plants1
6712069962western hemisphereThe Americas2
6712069963west africaA area of Africa that was previously unreachable until the invention of the caravel by the Portuguese, leading to exploitation of the region for its gold and slaves3
6712069964plantation-based agricultureLarge scale agriculture worked by slaves4
6712069965capitalismEconomic system based on private investment and possessions5
6712069966Cultural autonomyFreedom of a group to express ones own culture without outside control i.g. The Christianization of the natives took away there Cultural autonomy6
6712069967great basinDesert area with no drainage to the ocean7
6712069968agricultural economyeconomy based on the production of crops8
6712069969spanish explorationColonization of the Americas by the conquistadors in search for gold, glory and god9
6712069970encomienda systemA government system where natives were given to colonists to work in return for converting them to Christianity.10
6712069971empire buildingThe Spanish increasing their empire through grafting their culture onto the natives and taking over the land11
6712069972white superiorityThe European idea they were superior to other cultures/ races and needed to enforce European culture/religion on them12
6712069973great plainsThe open plains of the Midwest where the natives adapted to roming the prairies on horseback13
6712069974permanent villagesThe settlements of Indians tribes based on the spread of agriculture14
6712069975Portuguese explorationDue to advancements in sailing technology the Portuguese were able to sail down the coast of Africa and open trade of gold and slaves, settle and make plantations and eventually find the way around Africa to the indies15
6712069976slave laborForced labor of people considered property by the people in charge16
6712069977feudalismA political, economic, and social system based on the relationship between lord and vassal in order to provide protection17
6712069978political autonomythe ability of a state to govern themselves without outside control18
6712069979Colombian exchangethe exchange between the new world and the old world consisting of the old world bringing wheat, cows, horses, sheep, pigs, sugar, rice, coffee, smallpox, malaria and yellow fever. while the new world sent gold, silver, corn, potatoes, tobacco, and syphills19

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