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9680009621How did early Americans reach North and South America?They crossed a land bridge from Asia0
9680009622When was the land bridge formed? What was it made of?During the ice age, ice/land1
9680009623What were the Indians doing when they crossed the land bridge?Following food or herds2
9680009624What were the most complex Indian communities?Mayan, Inca and Aztecs3
9680009625What did the cultivation of maize do?Transform nomadic hunter-gather societies into settled farming communities4
9680009626What kinds of items did Europeans desire from Persia and China?Silk, Spices, Oils/Perfumes5
9680009627What were the Spanish 3 motives for exploration?1. God 2. Gold 3. Glory6
9680009628Which direction did Portugal head to reach Asia and India?South along the West coast of Africa.7
9680009629Who married to make Spain whole?Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille8
9680009630Where did Columbus land?Hispainola9
9680009631Columbus died thinking what?That he had found a trade route to Asia and that he had landed on the outskirts of India10
9680009632When Spain and Portugal went to the pope to see how to divide the world, the pope made what?The Treaty of Tordesillas11
9680009633What 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
9680009634Who came to the New World once it was discovered?Spanish conquistadors13
9680009635Who conquered the Aztecs? Who conquered the Incas?Cortes-Aztecs Pizzaro- Incas14
9680009636What are the 2 things the Spanish give the Indians in exchange for their work (in the Encomienda System)1. Provide food, shelter, and good treatment to the Indians 2. Convert them to Christians15
9680009637What was the Encomienda System basically?Slavery16
9680009638Who worked for Indian's rights?Bartolome de las Casas17
9680009639What happened when the Spanish ran out of Indians to do work?They went and got Africans18
9680009640Who was the explorer sent by England to the New World? Where did he explore?John Cabot- coastline of North America19
9680009641Who was an explorer sent by Spain to the New World? (not Columbus) Where did he explore?Vasco Nunez de Balboa- Pacific Ocean20
9680009642What is Ferdinand Magellan credited with?The 1st circumnavigation of the earth21
9680009643When the Spanish moved north, what did they establish? Where?A fort (outpost) in St. Augustine, Fl22
9680009644What is the Biological (Columbian) Exchange?Exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between Old World and New World after the time of Columbus.23
9680009645What 3 crops from the Americas ended up being staple crops in Europe?1. Corn 2. Beans 3. Potatoes24
9680009646What was the "big" animal brought to the Americas that changed Indian life?Horses25
9680009647What diseases were from the Old World and went to the New World?Smallpox, malaria, yellow fever, influenza26
9680009648What disease did the Indians give Europeans?Syphillis27
9680009649Columbian ExchangeAn exchange of goods, ideas and skills from the Old World (Europe, Asia and Africa) to the New World (North and South America) and vice versa.28
9680009650EncomiendaA grant of land made by Spain to a settler in the Americas, including the right to use Native Americans as laborers on it29
9680009651Atlantic 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.30
9680009652Bartolome de las CasasFirst bishop of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. He devoted most of his life to protecting Amerindian peoples from exploitation. His major achievement was the New Laws of 1542, which limited the ability of Spanish settlers to compel Amerindians to labor; however his suggestion to replace Natives with Africans was won he would regret.31
9680009653MaizeAn early form of corn grown by Native Americans32
9680009654AnasaziA Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings33
9680009655IroquoisA later native group to the eastern woodlands. They blended agriculture and hunting living in common villages constructed from the trees and bark of the forests34
9680009656CherokeeAre 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. In the 19th century, historians and ethnographers recorded their oral tradition that told of the tribe having migrated south in ancient times from the Great Lakes region, where other Iroquoian-speaking peoples were located.35
9680009657InuitA member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia)36
9680009658MayaMesoamerican 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.37
9680009659Aztec(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. Practiced human sacrifices and those sacrificed were captured warriors from other tribes and those who volunteered for the honor.38
9680009660IncaTheir empire stretched from what is today Ecuador to central Chili in the Andes Mountain region of South America. Called the Children of the Sun.39
9680009661TenochtitlanCapital 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.40
9680009662Aztec calendar365 days, divided into 18 months each with 20 days.41
9680009663Terrace farmingThe cutting out of flat areas (terraces) into near vertical slopes to allow farming. Terrace farms appears as steps cut into a mountainside. This adaptation allowed both the early Chinese, and the Inca of Mesoamerica to grow enough food for their large populations.42
9680009664NomadEarly, simplistic man that migrated across the land bridge.43
9680009665Causes for European interest in exploration?The Holy Crusades, Renaissance and The Protestant Reformation.44
9680009666Martin LutherBroke away from the Catholic Church because of his 95 problems with the Catholic Church.45
9680009667King 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.46
9680009668New FranceEstablished in Canada and along the Mississippi River, focused on fur trade.47

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