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5763597658How did early Americans reach North and South America?They crossed a land bridge from Asia0
5763597659When was the land bridge formed? What was it made of?During the ice age, ice/land1
5763597660What were the Indians doing when they crossed the land bridge?Following food or herds2
5763597661What were the most complex Indian communities?Mayan, Inca and Aztecs3
5763597662What did the cultivation of maize do?Transform nomadic hunter-gather societies into settled farming communities4
5763597663What kinds of items did Europeans desire from Persia and China?Silk, Spices, Oils/Perfumes5
5763597664What were the Spanish 3 motives for exploration?1. God 2. Gold 3. Glory6
5763597665Which direction did Portugal head to reach Asia and India?South along the West coast of Africa.7
5763597666Who married to make Spain whole?Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille8
5763597667Where did Columbus land?Hispainola9
5763597668Columbus died thinking what?That he had found a trade route to Asia and that he had landed on the outskirts of India10
5763597669When Spain and Portugal went to the pope to see how to divide the world, the pope made what?The Treaty of Tordesillas11
5763597670What 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
5763597671Who came to the New World once it was discovered?Spanish conquistadors13
5763597672Who conquered the Aztecs? Who conquered the Incas?Cortes-Aztecs Pizzaro- Incas14
5763597673What 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
5763597674What was the Encomienda System basically?Slavery16
5763597675Who worked for Indian's rights?Bartolome de las Casas17
5763597676What happened when the Spanish ran out of Indians to do work?They went and got Africans18
5763597677Who was the explorer sent by England to the New World? Where did he explore?John Cabot- coastline of North America19
5763597678Who was an explorer sent by Spain to the New World? (not Columbus) Where did he explore?Vasco Nunez de Balboa- Pacific Ocean20
5763597679What is Ferdinand Magellan credited with?The 1st circumnavigation of the earth21
5763597680When the Spanish moved north, what did they establish? Where?A fort (outpost) in St. Augustine, Fl22
5763597681What is the Biological (Columbian) Exchange?Exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between Old World and New World after the time of Columbus.23
5763597682What 3 crops from the Americas ended up being staple crops in Europe?1. Corn 2. Beans 3. Potatoes24
5763597683What was the "big" animal brought to the Americas that changed Indian life?Horses25
5763597684What diseases were from the Old World and went to the New World?Smallpox, malaria, yellow fever, influenza26
5763597685What disease did the Indians give Europeans?Syphillis27
5763597686Columbian 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
5763597687EncomiendaA grant of land made by Spain to a settler in the Americas, including the right to use Native Americans as laborers on it29
5763597688Atlantic 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
5763597689Bartolome 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
5763597690MaizeAn early form of corn grown by Native Americans32
5763597691AnasaziA Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings33
5763597692IroquoisA 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
5763597693CherokeeAre 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
5763597694InuitA member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia)36
5763597695MayaMesoamerican 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
5763597696Aztec(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
5763597697IncaTheir 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
5763597698TenochtitlanCapital 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
5763597699Aztec calendar365 days, divided into 18 months each with 20 days.41
5763597700Terrace 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
5763597701NomadEarly, simplistic man that migrated across the land bridge.43
5763597702Causes for European interest in exploration?The Holy Crusades, Renaissance and The Protestant Reformation.44
5763597703Martin LutherBroke away from the Catholic Church because of his 95 problems with the Catholic Church.45
5763597704King 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
5763597705New FranceEstablished in Canada and along the Mississippi River, focused on fur trade.47

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