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Period 1: 1491-1607 AP US History Flashcards

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4999852162Bering StraitPlace where Siberian tribes crossed into present-day Alaska and the Americas approximately 20,000 years ago0
4999852163Three-sister farmingmaize, squash, and beans1
4999852166CahokiaLarge settlement in the Mississippi Valley; Site of sedentary agriculture cultivators2
4999852164PuebloSpanish for "village"; Indians in the Southwest who built fortified settlements3
4999852167Iroquois ConfederacyFive Indian tribes form an alliance and control trade east of the Great Lakes4
7067604991Algonquian IndiansMajor native group distributed in the Northeast and along the Atlantic seaboard who cultivated three sisters. Notably included the Powhatan Confederacy of the Chesapeake Bay and Wampanoag of New England, both of which clashed with English settlers).5
4999865192Sioux IndiansGreat Plains Indians; Hunter-gatherers; Buffalo hunters6
7068102505Shoshone IndiansSocieties in the Northwest and present-day California who supported themselves by hunting and gathering, and in some areas developed settled communities supported by the vast resources of the ocean.7
4999879308Catholic ChurchThe most powerful organization in history; Controlled mostly all of Europe during the Middle Ages8
4999852168caravelnaval technology developed by the Purtuguese and used by Henry the Navigator along the African Coast, Vasco de Gama to India, and Christopher Columbus to the New World9
4999872674capitalismPrivate property; Market prices; Investment in ventures10
4999874495Renaissance"Rebirth"; Humanism11
4999875129Protestant ReformationMartin Luther's demand that the Catholic Church reform. When the church refused, he started a competing church, the Protestant (Reformed) church.12
4999868557Ferdinand and Isabella"The Catholic Monarchs"; United Spain, reconquered Spain (Reconquista), and commissioned Columbus13
4999852169ReconquistaFerdinand and Isabella's successful campaign to expel Muslim Moors (and Jews) from the Iberian Peninsula and unify Spain Under the Spanish crown and Catholic religion.14
4999852170Doctrine of Discovery (1493)A.K.A. Inter caetera; Papal Bull that declared all non-Christian land "discoverable" by Christian powers.15
4999852171Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)Divides America between Portugal and Spain for exploration16
4999881170Colombian ExchangeThe trade of biological elements, ideas, and goods; Transformed mostly all of the world as a result.17
4999884932Middle PassageThe route in the Triangular Trade where slaves passed from West Africa to the New World18
4999852172conquistadoresHernan Cortez and Francisco Pizarro, for example; agents of both the Reconquista and the conquest of the New World19
4999852173EncomiendaSpanish labor system; included a caste system with Peninsulares at the top20
7068106336casta systemThe Spanish developed a caste system that incorporated, and carefully defined the status of, the diverse population of Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans in their empire.21
4999888930MestizosMixed blood Spanish and Indian; Result of lack of Spanish ladies in the New World22
4999890690San Diego (Est. 1769)First and southernmost Spanish mission in California; Established to "civilize" the Indians and create a buffer between New Spain and competing colonial powers.23
7068207280San Francisco (Est. 1776)Last and northernmost Spanish mission in California; Established to "civilize" the Indians and create a buffer between New Spain and competing colonial powers.24
7068211484Spanish missionEstablished in the New World, especially in California, to "civilize" the Indians and create a buffer between New Spain and competing colonial powers.25
4999852174Bartolome de Las CasasIndian apologist who preached against the cruel treatment of the Indians; His writings and activities led to the "Black Legend"26
4999852175Juan Gines de SepulvedaSaw the Indians as uncivilized and barbaric27
4999852177"Black Legend"The (historically debatable) reputation that the Spanish destroyed the Indians through slavery and disease28
4999852178St. Augustine (Est. 1565)First enduring European settlement in North America; Established by the Spanish in modern-day Florida.29
4999893568Pueblo Revolt (1680)Rebellion of Pueblo Indians against Spanish rule in New Mexico; Led by the Indian Popé.30

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