AP US History Period 1 (1491-1607) Flashcards

7013083503	maize cultivation	The growing of Indian corn, a staple of many Indians diets, leading many nomadic tribes to settle and develop great civilizations such as the Aztecs incas and Mayans.	0
7013083504	hunter-gatherer economy	A nomadic way of life with no agriculture focused on following food sources including animals and wild plants	1
7013083505	western hemisphere	The Americas	2
7013083506	west africa	A area of Africa that was previously unreachable until the invention of the caravel by the Portuguese, leading to exploitation of the region for its gold and slaves	3
7013083507	plantation-based agriculture	Large scale agriculture worked by slaves	4
7013083508	capitalism	Economic system based on private investment and possessions	5
7013083509	Cultural autonomy	Freedom of a group to express ones own culture without outside control i.g. The Christianization of the natives took away there Cultural autonomy	6
7013083510	great basin	Desert area with no drainage to the ocean	7
7013083511	agricultural economy	economy based on the production of crops	8
7013083512	spanish exploration	Colonization of the Americas by the conquistadors in search for gold, glory and god	9
7013083513	encomienda system	A government system where natives were given to colonists to work in return for converting them to Christianity.	10
7013083514	empire building	The Spanish increasing their empire through grafting their culture onto the natives and taking over the land	11
7013083515	white superiority	The European idea they were superior to other cultures/ races and needed to enforce European culture/religion on them	12
7013083516	great plains	The open plains of the Midwest where the natives adapted to roming the prairies on horseback	13
7013083517	permanent villages	The settlements of Indians tribes based on the spread of agriculture	14
7013083518	Portuguese exploration	Due to advancements in sailing technology the Portuguese were able to sail down the coast of Africa and open trade of gold and slaves, settle and make plantations and eventually find the way around Africa to the indies	15
7013083519	slave labor	Forced labor of people considered property by the people in charge	16
7013083520	feudalism	A political, economic, and social system based on the relationship between lord and vassal in order to provide protection	17
7013083521	political autonomy	the ability of a state to govern themselves without outside control	18
7013083522	Colombian exchange	the exchange between the new world and the old world consisting of the old world bringing wheat, cows, horses, sheep, pigs, sugar, rice, coffee, smallpox, malaria and yellow fever. while the new world sent gold, silver, corn, potatoes, tobacco, and syphills	19