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| 5624480038 | 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 | |
| 5624480043 | capitalism | Economic system based on private investment and possessions | 1 | |
| 5624480045 | great basin | Desert area with no drainage to the ocean |  | 2 |
| 5624480047 | spanish exploration | Colonization of the Americas by the conquistadors in search for gold, glory and god | 3 | |
| 5624480048 | encomienda system | A government system where natives were given to colonists to work in return for converting them to Christianity. | 4 | |
| 5624480050 | white superiority | The European idea they were superior to other cultures/ races and needed to enforce European culture/religion on them | 5 | |
| 5624480051 | great plains | The open plains of the Midwest where the natives adapted to roming the prairies on horseback | 6 | |
| 5624480053 | Portuguese exploration | Due 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 indies | 7 | |
| 5624480055 | feudalism | A political, economic, and social system based on the relationship between lord and vassal in order to provide protection | 8 | |
| 5624480057 | 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 |  | 9 |
