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| 5018757190 | maize cultivation | The 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 | |
| 5018757191 | hunter-gatherer economy | A nomadic way of life with no agriculture focused on following food sources including animals and wild plants | 1 | |
| 5018757194 | plantation-based agriculture | Large scale agriculture worked by slaves (mostly sold tobacco and cotton, really boosted economy) | 2 | |
| 5018757197 | great basin | Desert area with no drainage to the ocean |  | 3 |
| 5018757198 | agricultural economy | economy based on the production of crops | 4 | |
| 5018757199 | spanish exploration | Colonization of the Americas by the conquistadors in search for gold, glory and god | 5 | |
| 5018757200 | encomienda system | A government system where natives were given to colonists to work in return for converting them to Christianity. | 6 | |
| 5018757203 | great plains | The open plains of the Midwest where the natives adapted to roming the prairies on horseback | 7 | |
| 5018757204 | permanent villages | The settlements of Indians tribes based on the spread of agriculture | 8 | |
| 5018757206 | slave labor | Forced labor of people considered property by the people in charge | 9 | |
| 5018757207 | feudalism to capitalism | A political, economic, and social system based on the relationship between lord and vassal in order to provide protection trade and industry controlled by private owners | 10 | |
| 5018757209 | Colombian exchange | the 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 syphills |  | 11 |
| 5018782655 | Northwest/CA Natives | fish for food; forced into religion because of the missions system | 12 | |
| 5018786068 | Maritime Technology | inventions that resulted in improvement in sailing capability, helping to facilitate trade (allowed Europeans to navigate easier) | 13 | |
| 5018801700 | Spanish Exploration | along mexico region in the south and west coast (spread religion and ideas as well as disease that killed many natives) | 14 | |
| 5018810918 | Deadly epidemics | small pox (killed many natives because they weren't immune to disease) | 15 | |
| 5018816137 | Northeast natives | examples include the Cherokee farming was very important; Powhatan is considered the real king | 16 | |
| 5018845397 | Spanish caste system | system based on race that was used for social control and also determined a person's role and importance in society. Spanish, Mestizo, Native (social prejudice and economic exploitation) | 17 |
