Key terms from chapter one, New World Beginnings, in the book, The American Pageant Vol 1 Edition 14.
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| 1531444707 | Canadian Shield | a zone secured by the Appalachian Mountains |  | 0 |
| 1531444708 | Incas | a civilization originating in Peru | 1 | |
| 1531444709 | Aztecs | a civilization originating in Mexico highly worshiped their gods including human sacrifices | 2 | |
| 1531444710 | Nation-States | dense concentrations of population | 3 | |
| 1531444711 | Cahokia | Mississippian settlement in southwest Illinois | 4 | |
| 1531444712 | Three-sister farming | three different plants working together to grow they all benefit each other Ex: beans, corn, and squash | 5 | |
| 1531444713 | Middlemen | the role between a producer and a retailer/consumer Ex: Producers, Middlemen, Retailers/Consumers | 6 | |
| 1531444714 | Caravel | a Portuguese ship that could sail windward more easily than past ships | 7 | |
| 1531444715 | Plantation | a large farm maintained by slave labor | 8 | |
| 1531444716 | Columbian Exchange | the exchange between the New World and the Old World Ex: Old World gave New World wheat, sugar, rice, and coffee New World gave Old World gold and silver | 9 | |
| 1531444717 | Treaty of Tordesillas | signed by Spain and Portugal June 7, 1494 dividing up land between the two countries Spain: Mexico, Central America, Western and northeastern coast of South America, Ponce de Leon (Bahamas), Spain Portugal: eastern coast of Brazil, southwestern coast of Africa, and northern coast of Africa, Portugal | 10 | |
| 1531444718 | Conquistadors | conquerors | 11 | |
| 1531444719 | Capitalism | an economic system in which trade, industry, and the means of production are controlled by private owners with the goal of making profits | 12 | |
| 1531444720 | Encomienda | Spanish government's policy to give Indians to certain colonists, in return the colonists would promise to Christianize them when in actuality it was just a slave trade | 13 | |
| 1531444721 | Noche Triste (Sad Night) | June 30, 1520 the Aztecs tried to drive out the Spanish but they failed | 14 | |
| 1531444722 | Mestizos | the mixture of European and Indian heritage | 15 | |
| 1531444723 | Battle of Acoma | On January 22,1599 a battle was held in New Mexico between Spaniards and Acomas. The Spaniards won. | 16 | |
| 1531444724 | Pope's Rebellion | In 1680 the Indians decided to rebel against the Roman Catholic regligion | 17 | |
| 1531444725 | Black Legend | a false concept about the Spanish invaders including that they: tortured and butchered the Indians ("killing for Christ"), stole their gold, infected them with smallpox *these things did happen but it gave the Spanish an awful reputation when in actuality they also did some miraculous, positive things* | 18 |
