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14638817857maize 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
14638817858hunter-gatherer economyA nomadic way of life with no agriculture focused on following food sources including animals and wild plants1
14638817859western hemisphereThe Americas2
14638817860west 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
14638817861capitalismEconomic system based on private investment and possessions4
14638817862agricultural economyeconomy based on the production of crops5
14638817863spanish explorationColonization of the Americas by the conquistadors in search for gold, glory and god6
14638817864encomienda systemA government system where natives were given to colonists to work in return for converting them to Christianity.7
14638817865empire buildingThe Spanish increasing their empire through grafting their culture onto the natives and taking over the land8
14638817866white superiorityThe European idea they were superior to other cultures/ races and needed to enforce European culture/religion on them9
14638817867great plainsThe open plains of the Midwest where the natives adapted to roming the prairies on horseback10
14638817868permanent villagesThe settlements of Indians tribes based on the spread of agriculture11
14638817869Portuguese 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 indies12
14638817870political autonomythe ability of a state to govern themselves without outside control13
14638817871Colombian 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 syphills14
14638817872Treaty of TordesillasLine that split up exploration areas between Spain and Portugal15
14638817873De Las CasasSpanish missionary/priest who accounted for Encomienda atrocities and treatment of natives.16
14638817874SepulvedaSpaniard who argued that treatment of Natives was ok and good for Natives.17
14638817875Great Plains NativesNomadic Tribes18
14638817876Southwest Pueblo NativesStayed in one spot mostly. Agriculture thrived19
14638817877Smallpox, malaria, yellow fever, influenzaDiseases from the Old World and went to the New World20
14638817878SyphillisDisease from the New World to the Old World21
14638817879HispaniolaThe area in which Columbus landed22
14638817880God, Gold & Glory3 motives for Spanish Exploration23

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