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13598586124A land bridge from AsiaHow early Americans reached North and South America0
13598586125Nomadic; following food and herdsThe lifestyle that encouraged Indians to cross the land bridge1
13598586126Mayan, Inca and AztecsThe most complex Indian communities living in South America2
13598586127MaizeThis crop transformed nomadic hunter-gatherer societies into settled farm communities3
13598586128Silk, Spices, Oils/PerfumesItems desired from Persia & China4
13598586129God, Gold & Glory3 motives for Spanish Exploration5
13598586130HispaniolaThe area in which Columbus landed6
13598586131Treaty of TordesillasThe agreement settling the dispute between Spain & Portugal for land in the Americas.7
13598586132Semi-permanent settlementsMost people in the Americas lived in this type of settlement by the time of Christopher Columbus.8
13598586133Anasazi; PuebloTribes that settled in the Southwest; had culture based on farming & irrigation systems with permanent buildings9
13598586134Northwest IndiansLived in permanent longhouses that had a rich diet based on hunting & fishing10
13598586135Great Plains IndiansTribe that was nomadic OR farmers/traders; hunted buffalo, raised maize, beans & squash11
13598586136What did the Treaty of Tordesillas say?Divided the trade routes to Asia: Spain gets the route across the Atlantic and Portugal gets the route around Africa. Also, Spain got a lot of land in the New World and Portugal got present-day Brazil.12
13598586137CortesConquered the Aztecs13
13598586138PizzaroConquered the Incas14
13598586139Bartolome de las CasasMan who stood up for the rights on the natives.15
13598586140RenaissanceTime period that allowed for the invention of gunpowder, the compass and advanced shipbuilding and mapmaking16
13598586141Vasco de GamaFirst European to reach India using the route around South Africa's Cape of Good Hope.17
13598586142John CabotFirst explorer sent by England to the New World; explored the North American coast18
13598586143Christopher ColumbusExplorer who won the backing of Queen Isabella & King Ferdinand of Spain to sail west from Europe to the "Indies."19
13598586144Ferdinand MagellanExplorer who is credited with the 1st circumnavigation of the earth20
13598586145Henry HudsonWhile searching for the northwest passage, this explorer sailed up a a broad river to give the Dutch claim21
13598586146Columbian ExchangeExchange of plants, animals, and diseases (beans, corn, potatoes, tomatoes & tobacco) between Old World and New World after the time of Columbus.22
13598586147Corn, beans, squash (3 sister farming)3 crops from the Americas ended up being staple crops in Europe?23
13598586148HorsesAnimal introduced by the Spanish that changed the lifestyle of the Native American24
13598586149Smallpox, malaria, yellow fever, influenzaDiseases from the Old World and went to the New World25
13598586150SyphillisDisease from the New World to the Old World26
13598586151Valladolid DebateThe argument between Bartolome de Las Casas and Juan Gines de Sepulveda over treatment of Indians by the Spanish.27
13598586152EncomiendaA grant of land made by Spain to a settler in the Americas, including the right to use Native Americans as laborers on it; essentially set up slavery for Native Americans28
13598586153Atlantic slave tradeLasted from 16th century until the 19th century. Trade of African peoples from Western Africa to the Americas. 98% of Africans were sent to the Caribbean, South and Central America.29
13598586154IroquoisA later native group to the eastern woodlands. They blended agriculture and hunting living in common villages constructed from the trees and bark of the forests30
13598586155CherokeeAre a Native American people historically settled in the Southeastern United States (principally Georgia, the Carolinas and Eastern Tennessee). Linguistically, they are part of the Iroquoian-language family.31
13598586156InuitA member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia)32
13598586157MayaMesoamerican civilization concentrated in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and in Guatemala and Honduras but never unified into a single empire. Major contributions were in mathematics, astronomy, and development of the calendar.33
13598586158Aztec(1200-1521) 1300, they settled in the valley of Mexico. Grew corn. Engaged in frequent warfare to conquer others of the region. Worshipped many gods (polytheistic). Believed the sun god needed human blood to continue his journeys across the sky.34
13598586159IncaTheir empire stretched from what is today Ecuador to central Chili in the Andes Mountain region of South America. Called the Children of the Sun.35
13598586160TenochtitlanCapital of the Aztec Empire, located on an island in Lake Texcoco. Its population was about 150,000 on the eve of Spanish conquest. Mexico City was constructed on its ruins.36
13598586161NomadEarly, simplistic man that migrated across the land bridge.37
13598586162Martin LutherBroke away from the Catholic Church because of his 95 problems with the Catholic Church.38
13598586163King Henry VIIIBroke away from the Catholic Church because of his disagreement with his inability to get divorced; which eventually led to civil unrest in his country.39
13598586164New FranceEstablished in Canada and along the Mississippi River, focused on fur trade.40
13598586165AnimismBelief that non-human things possess a spiritual essence41
13598586166MestizoPeople with mixed Indian & European heritage42
13598586167MulattoPeople of mixed white and black ancestry43
13598586168Pope's Rebellion/Pueblo Revolt1680 conflict that lead to death of hundreds of Spanish colonists and destruction of Catholic churches in the area44
13598586169Cultural autonomyConflicts between Natives and Europeans were for the Natives to maintain this45
13598586170MercantilismEconomic system in which the colonies exist to enrich the Mother country; attempt to export to colonies more than they import46

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