APUSH Chapter 1 New World Beginnings Flashcards

BHS Ramsey 2012

198190511	Canadian Shield	a zone undergirded by ancient rock, probably the first part of what became the North American land mass to have emerged above sea level	0
198192778	Incas	A Native American people who built a notable civilization in western South America in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The center of their empire was in present-day Peru. Francisco Pizarro of Spain conquered the empire.	1
198190512	Aztecs	settled in the valley of Mexico, grew corn, practiced human sacrifices and those sacrificed were captured warriors from other tribes and those who volunteered for the honor	2
198192779	Cahokia	an ancient settlement of southern Indians, located near present day St. Louis, it served as a trading center for 40,000 at its peak in A.D. 1200.	3
198190521	Treaty of Tordesillas	agreement in which Spain secured its claim to Columbus's discovery, dividing the New World with Portugal	4
198190540	Battle of Acoma	siege of Pueblo peoples; the Spanish severed one foot of each survivor and claimed the area to be New Mexico	5
198190541	Popé's Rebellion	uprising where Pueblo rebels destroyed every Catholic Church in the province and killed a priests and Spanish settlers	6
198190519	Columbus	Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China; the "greatest failure in history"	7
198190526	Coronado	Spanish conquistador; was in quest for fabled golden cities; explored Arizona and New Mexico; discovered the Grand Canyon and buffalo	8
198190529	Pizarro	Spanish conquistador; crushed the Incas in Peru	9
198190530	encomienda	allowed the government to "commend" Indians to certain colonists in return for the promise to try to Christianize them	10
198190531	Cortés	sailed from Cuba with eleven ships; picked up Indian slave Malinche who served as an interpretor; learned of Aztec gold; marched in Tenochtitlan; initially treated well, but he laid siege on Aztecs	11
198190533	Montezuma	Aztec chieftain; believed Cortes was the god Quetzalcoatl; treated Cortes hospitably	12
198190543	de La Salle	Frenchman who sailed down the Mississippi River	13