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7037889470maize 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
7037889471hunter-gatherer economyA nomadic way of life with no agriculture focused on following food sources including animals and wild plants1
7037889472western hemisphereThe Americas2
7037889473west 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
7037889474plantation-based agricultureLarge scale agriculture worked by slaves4
7037889475capitalismEconomic system based on private investment and possessions5
7037889476Cultural autonomyFreedom of a group to express ones own culture without outside control i.g. The Christianization of the natives took away there Cultural autonomy6
7037889477agricultural economyeconomy based on the production of crops7
7037889478spanish explorationColonization of the Americas by the conquistadors in search for gold, glory and god8
7037889479encomienda systemA government system where natives were given to colonists to work in return for converting them to Christianity.9
7037889480empire buildingThe Spanish increasing their empire through grafting their culture onto the natives and taking over the land10
7037889481white superiorityThe European idea they were superior to other cultures/ races and needed to enforce European culture/religion on them11
7037889482great plainsThe open plains of the Midwest where the natives adapted to roming the prairies on horseback12
7037889483permanent villagesThe settlements of Indians tribes based on the spread of agriculture13
7037889484Portuguese 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 indies14
7037889485slave laborForced labor of people considered property by the people in charge15
7037889486feudalismA political, economic, and social system based on the relationship between lord and vassal in order to provide protection16
7037889487political autonomythe ability of a state to govern themselves without outside control17
7037889488Colombian 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 syphills18

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