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6770190671How did early Americans reach North and South America?They crossed a land bridge from Asia0
6770190672When was the land bridge formed? What was it made of?During the ice age, ice/land1
6770190673What were the Indians doing when they crossed the land bridge?Following food or herds2
6770190674What were the most complex Indian communities?Mayan, Inca and Aztecs3
6770190675What did the cultivation of maize do?Transform nomadic hunter-gather societies into settled farming communities4
6770190677What were the Spanish 3 motives for exploration?1. God 2. Gold 3. Glory5
6770190678Which direction did Portugal head to reach Asia and India?South along the West coast of Africa.6
6770190679Who married to make Spain whole?Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille7
6770190680Where did Columbus land?Hispainola8
6770190684Who came to the New World once it was discovered?Spanish conquistadors9
6770190685Who conquered the Aztecs? Who conquered the Incas?Cortes-Aztecs Pizzaro- Incas10
6770190686What 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 Christians11
6770190687What was the Encomienda System basically?Slavery12
6770190688Who worked for Indian's rights?Bartolome de las Casas13
6770190689What happened when the Spanish ran out of Indians to do work?They went and got Africans14
6770190690Who was the explorer sent by England to the New World? Where did he explore?John Cabot- coastline of North America15
6770190691Who was an explorer sent by Spain to the New World? (not Columbus) Where did he explore?Vasco Nunez de Balboa- Pacific Ocean16
6770190693When the Spanish moved north, what did they establish? Where?A fort (outpost) in St. Augustine, Fl17
6770190694What is the Biological (Columbian) Exchange?Exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between Old World and New World after the time of Columbus.18
6770190695What 3 crops from the Americas ended up being staple crops in Europe?1. Corn 2. Beans 3. Potatoes19
6770190696What was the "big" animal brought to the Americas that changed Indian life?Horses20
6770190697What diseases were from the Old World and went to the New World?Smallpox, malaria, yellow fever, influenza21
6770190698What disease did the Indians give Europeans?Syphillis22
6770190699Columbian 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.23
6770190700EncomiendaA grant of land made by Spain to a settler in the Americas, including the right to use Native Americans as laborers on it24
6770190701Atlantic 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.25
6770190702Bartolome 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.26
6770190703MaizeAn early form of corn grown by Native Americans27
6770190704AnasaziA Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings28
6770190705IroquoisA later native group to the eastern woodlands. They blended agriculture and hunting living in common villages constructed from the trees and bark of the forests29
6770190706CherokeeAre 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.30
6770190707InuitA member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia)31
6770190708MayaMesoamerican 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.32
6770190709Aztec(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.33
6770190710IncaTheir empire stretched from what is today Ecuador to central Chili in the Andes Mountain region of South America. Called the Children of the Sun.34
6770190711TenochtitlanCapital 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.35
6770190713Terrace 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.36
6770190714NomadEarly, simplistic man that migrated across the land bridge.37
6770190716Martin LutherBroke away from the Catholic Church because of his 95 problems with the Catholic Church.38
6770190717King 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
6770190718New FranceEstablished in Canada and along the Mississippi River, focused on fur trade.40

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