Vocabulary Terms for Chapter One.
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| 1629702480 | Archaic Period | (800 BC - 480 BC) Was a period of ancient Greek history that followed the Greek Dark Ages. This period saw the rise of the polis and the founding of colonies, as well as the first inklings of classical philosophy. | 0 | |
| 1629702481 | Black Death | A deadly plague that swept through Europe between 1347 and 1351 | 1 | |
| 1629702482 | Cahokia | an ancient settlement of southern Indians, located near present day St. Louis, in A.D. 1200. | 2 | |
| 1629702483 | Christopher Columbus | Italian navigator who found the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506) | 3 | |
| 1629702484 | Clovis People | The earliest known people to inhabit the Americas | 4 | |
| 1629702485 | Conquistadores | Spanish 'conqueror' or soldier in the New World. They were searching for the 3-G's: gold, God, and glory. | 5 | |
| 1629702486 | Coureurs De Bois | a French or French-Indian trapper of North America, esp. of Canada | 6 | |
| 1629702487 | Encomienda | A grant of land made by Spain to a settler in the Americas, including the right to use Native Americans as laborers on it | 7 | |
| 1629702488 | Henry Hudson | - 1609, explored Hudson River for Dutch | 8 | |
| 1629702489 | Jamestown | 1st permanent English settlement in North America | 9 | |
| 1629702490 | Matrilineal | In this society, kinship ties are traced through the mother. | 10 | |
| 1629702491 | Mercantilism | A set of economic principles based on policies which stress government regulation of economic activities to benefit the home country | 11 | |
| 1629702492 | Meso-American | The peoples of Mexico and much of Central America. An organized society was the Olmec followed by the Mayans and Aztecs. | 12 | |
| 1629702493 | Mestizos | A person of mixed Native American and European ancestory | 13 | |
| 1629702494 | Protestant Reformation | 16th century series of religious actions which led to establishment of the Protestant churches. Led by Martin Luther | 14 | |
| 1629702495 | Puritans | A group of Anglicans in England who wanted to purify their church of Catholic ways | 15 | |
| 1629702496 | Roanoke | "The lost colony" founded by Sir Walter Raleigh | 16 | |
| 1629702497 | Samuel Champlain | French explorer who founded Quebec, the first permanent French settlement in North America | 17 | |
| 1629702498 | Separatists | English Protestants wh owould not accept allegiance in any form to the Church of England. Included the Pilgrims and Quakers | 18 | |
| 1629702499 | Seigneuries | Large French estates. Such seigneuries along the bank of the St. Lawrence river helped to create the boundary line of French settlement before the Seven Years' War. | 19 | |
| 1629702500 | Sir Humphrey Gilbert | English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583) | 20 | |
| 1629702501 | Sir Walter Raleigh | English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia | 21 | |
| 1629702502 | Tenochtitlan | Aztec capital | 22 | |
| 1629702503 | Don Juan de Onate | Conquistador who founded Santa Fe, New Mexico | 23 | |
| 1629702504 | Pueblos Revolt | After being forced to convert more and more violently, a man named Popé lead a revolt with several different groups of pueblo indians using spanish as their main language. | 24 | |
| 1629702505 | "Lost Colony" | a colony in Virginia that mysteriously disappeared | 25 | |
| 1629702506 | Augustine | (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great fathers of the early Christian church | 26 | |
| 1629702507 | James I | (1603-1625) Stuart monarch who ignored constitutional principles and asserted the divine right of kings. | 27 | |
| 1629702508 | Quebec | First permanent French settlement in North America, founded by Samuel de Champlain | 28 | |
| 1629702509 | New York | (Middle Colony) It was founded by the Dutch for trade and furs and became an English Colony in 1664. | 29 | |
| 1629702510 | Pizarro | 1532 Spanish arrived in the last days of the Incan civil war, taking advantage of their weakness, divide and conquer the empire. | 30 | |
| 1629702511 | Cortes | Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547) | 31 | |
| 1629702512 | Elizabeth I | (1533- 1603) English queen who created a strong, centralized monarchy based on national unity and a sharing of power between monarchy and Parliament. | 32 |
