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Period 1: 1491-1607 AP US History Flashcards

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8663757722Bering StraitPlace where Siberian tribes crossed into present-day Alaska and the Americas approximately 20,000 years ago0
8663757723Three-sister farmingmaize, squash, and beans1
8663757724CahokiaLarge settlement in the Mississippi Valley; Site of sedentary agriculture cultivators2
8663757725PuebloSpanish for "village"; Indians in the Southwest who built fortified settlements3
8663757726Iroquois ConfederacyFive Indian tribes form an alliance and control trade east of the Great Lakes4
8663757727Algonquian 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
8663757728Sioux IndiansGreat Plains Indians; Hunter-gatherers; Buffalo hunters6
8663757729Shoshone 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
8663757730Catholic ChurchThe most powerful organization in history; Controlled mostly all of Europe during the Middle Ages8
8663757731caravelnaval 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
8663757732capitalismPrivate property; Market prices; Investment in ventures10
8663757733Renaissance"Rebirth"; Humanism11
8663757734Protestant ReformationMartin Luther's demand that the Catholic Church reform. When the church refused, he started a competing church, the Protestant (Reformed) church.12
8663757735Ferdinand and Isabella"The Catholic Monarchs"; United Spain, reconquered Spain (Reconquista), and commissioned Columbus13
8663757736ReconquistaFerdinand 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
8663757737Doctrine of Discovery (1493)A.K.A. Inter caetera; Papal Bull that declared all non-Christian land "discoverable" by Christian powers.15
8663757738Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)Divides America between Portugal and Spain for exploration16
8663757739Colombian ExchangeThe trade of biological elements, ideas, and goods; Transformed mostly all of the world as a result.17
8663757740Middle PassageThe route in the Triangular Trade where slaves passed from West Africa to the New World18
8663757741conquistadoresHernan Cortez and Francisco Pizarro, for example; agents of both the Reconquista and the conquest of the New World19
8663757742EncomiendaSpanish labor system; included a caste system with Peninsulares at the top20
8663757743casta 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
8663757744MestizosMixed blood Spanish and Indian; Result of lack of Spanish ladies in the New World22
8663757745San 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
8663757746San 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
8663757747Spanish missionEstablished in the New World, especially in California, to "civilize" the Indians and create a buffer between New Spain and competing colonial powers.25
8663757748Bartolome de Las CasasIndian apologist who preached against the cruel treatment of the Indians; His writings and activities led to the "Black Legend"26
8663757749Juan Gines de SepulvedaSaw the Indians as uncivilized and barbaric27
8663757750"Black Legend"The (historically debatable) reputation that the Spanish destroyed the Indians through slavery and disease28
8663757751St. Augustine (Est. 1565)First enduring European settlement in North America; Established by the Spanish in modern-day Florida.29
8663757752Pueblo Revolt (1680)Rebellion of Pueblo Indians against Spanish rule in New Mexico; Led by the Indian Popé.30

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