AP World History-Trapp
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| 312460371 | Olmec | ancient civilization in Mexico and Central America | 0 | |
| 312460372 | Olmec zenith | 1200s BC | 1 | |
| 312469552 | Olmec stuff | pyramid temples; well-organized society; heiroglyphic writing; calendar; mathematics; | 2 | |
| 312460373 | Olmec decline | 1 AD (abandoned and figurines smashed) | 3 | |
| 312460374 | Maya | ancient civilization in Guatemala | 4 | |
| 312460375 | Mayan central city | Teotihuacan | 5 | |
| 312469553 | Mayan stuff | maize; more accurate calendar; # 0 | 6 | |
| 312469554 | Mayan god type | storm | 7 | |
| 312469555 | Mayan upper class | priests and warriors | 8 | |
| 312460376 | Mayan decline | 900 AD | 9 | |
| 312460377 | Toltec | ancient civilization in central plains of Mexico | 10 | |
| 312460378 | Toltecs arise (date) | 1000 AD | 11 | |
| 312460379 | Toltec central city | Tula (Mexico City) | 12 | |
| 312469556 | Toltec stuff | first to use gold and silver for jewelry; drought | 13 | |
| 312460380 | Chichinecs | conquered Toltecs in 1223 ("Dog People," among these, Aztecs) | 14 | |
| 312460381 | Aztec | ancient civilization near Lake Texcoco | 15 | |
| 312460382 | Chinampas | floating islands made from large mats covered with mud dirt | 16 | |
| 312460383 | Aztec central city | Tenochtitlan | 17 | |
| 312460384 | Aztec sun god | Huitzilopochi | 18 | |
| 312476749 | Aztec upper class | ruler, ruler's relatives, warrior-nobles, and priests | 19 | |
| 312476750 | Aztec vegetation | maize, squash, beans, and tomoatoes | 20 | |
| 312476751 | Aztec stuff | without wheel, iron, or beasts; power = Caribbean- Pacific; linked by military roads; palace w/ zoo and library; disaster predicted --> sacrifices increased | 21 | |
| 312476752 | Montezuma II | collected tribute from 371 states | 22 | |
| 312460385 | Inca | ancient civilization in South America (near W. Andes) | 23 | |
| 312460386 | Date of last/largest Incan kingdom | 1450 | 24 | |
| 312460387 | Incan sun god | Inti | 25 | |
| 312460388 | location of Incan Great Temple of the Sun | Cuzco | 26 | |
| 312460389 | Khipus | (Incan) knotted strings (for communication) | 27 | |
| 312460390 | Atahualpa | winning son of Incan king (of 2) | 28 | |
| 312617288 | Astrolabe | device that tracks stars (rediscovered by Arabs, who got it from Greek, Hipparchos) | 29 | |
| 312617289 | Compass | from Chinese | 30 | |
| 312617290 | Prince Henry the Navigator | school-astronomers, cartographers, and mathematicians shared w/ sea captains, sailors, and pilots; Africa-gold; Gold Coast-gold and ivory | 31 | |
| 312617291 | Eanes | used Azores and Madeiras to round Cape | 32 | |
| 312617292 | Diaz | named SW tip of Africa, "Cape of Storms" | 33 | |
| 312617293 | John II | renamed "Cape of Good Hope" | 34 | |
| 312617294 | Isabella and Ferdinand | financed Colombus to sail W | 35 | |
| 312617295 | Treaty of Tordesillas | est line of demarcation: E= Portugal's & W= Spain's | 36 | |
| 312617296 | da Gama | Mozambique, Mombasa, and Calcutta-pepper and cinnamon | 37 | |
| 313084173 | Albuquerque | Portuguese governor; capital @ Goa; Persian Gulf, Straits of Malacca, Macao-Canton, and Kyushu | 38 | |
| 313084174 | Shogun | wanted guns | 39 | |
| 313084175 | allowed to Nagasaki once a year | Dutch | 40 | |
| 313084176 | Triana | sighted land on Columbus' voyage | 41 | |
| 313084177 | West Indies | Cuba and Hispaniola (were called) | 42 | |
| 313084178 | Cabot | ( for England) discovered New England | 43 | |
| 313084179 | Cabral | (for Portugal) discovered Brazil | 44 | |
| 313084180 | Vespucci | charted coast of Central America (Medici Bank) | 45 | |
| 313084181 | Magellan | --> Rio de la Plata; killed in Philippines; true size of Earth | 46 | |
| 313084182 | Cortez | explored Mexico; met Aztecs under Montezuma II- awed by their whiteness, horses, and weapons | 47 | |
| 313084183 | Quetzalcoatl | Aztec war god | 48 | |
| 313084184 | Malintzin | Cortez's interpretor | 49 | |
| 313084185 | capital of New Spain | Tenochtitlan | 50 | |
| 313084186 | Verrazano | (for France) explored Carolinas - Nova Scotia | 51 | |
| 313084187 | Pizarro | --> Peru | 52 | |
| 313084188 | by the 17th century | Spanish controlled Central and South America | 53 | |
| 313084189 | Cartier | St. Lawrence River | 54 | |
| 313084191 | Mercantilism | wealth and power = gold | 55 | |
| 313084193 | Desoto | SE and MS Valley | 56 | |
| 313084195 | Coronado | 7 cities of gold | 57 | |
| 313084197 | New Spain government | Council of the Indies | 58 | |
| 313084199 | Penninsulares | leaders and born in Spain | 59 | |
| 313084202 | Creoles | middle class and born in Americas/owned land or business | 60 | |
| 313084204 | Mestizos | bottom and Indian and laborers/miners | 61 | |
| 313084206 | # of Council laws | 400,000 | 62 | |
| 313084208 | Cabildos | king-appointed council | 63 | |
| 313084210 | Encomiendas | rights to demand taxes or labor from Mestizos | 64 | |
| 313084213 | Amount of silver mined | 18,600 tons | 65 | |
| 313084215 | Amount of gold mined | 200 tons | 66 | |
| 313084217 | Bartholome de las Casas | champion of Indian rights; suggested using Africans as slaves | 67 | |
| 313084218 | New Law | protected Indians | 68 | |
| 313084219 | Plantation islands | Azores, Canaries, and Madeiras | 69 | |
| 313084220 | Middle Passage | 2 month voyage from Africa to the Americas | 70 | |
| 313084221 | Benin | forest kingdom under warrior king, Ewuare | 71 | |
| 313084222 | Africa's main export | slaves | 72 | |
| 313087027 | Plantations | sugar, tobacco, and coffee | 73 | |
| 313087028 | # of slaves imported | 5.5 million | 74 | |
| 313087029 | Ashanti | (Ghanaians) traded for guns | 75 | |
| 313087030 | Banks | Medici and Fluggers | 76 | |
| 313087031 | $$$ | borrowing from banks, joint stock companies, and need for gold, silver, and copper for coins | 77 | |
| 313087032 | Charters | to Trade Companies | 78 | |
| 313087033 | Capitalism | an economic system based on private ownership of capital | 79 |
