AP US History Period 1 Flashcards

5018757190	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
5018757191	hunter-gatherer economy	A nomadic way of life with no agriculture focused on following food sources including animals and wild plants	1
5018757194	plantation-based agriculture	Large scale agriculture worked by slaves (mostly sold tobacco and cotton, really boosted economy)	2
5018757197	great basin	Desert area with no drainage to the ocean	3
5018757198	agricultural economy	economy based on the production of crops	4
5018757199	spanish exploration	Colonization of the Americas by the conquistadors in search for gold, glory and god	5
5018757200	encomienda system	A government system where natives were given to colonists to work in return for converting them to Christianity.	6
5018757203	great plains	The open plains of the Midwest where the natives adapted to roming the prairies on horseback	7
5018757204	permanent villages	The settlements of Indians tribes based on the spread of agriculture	8
5018757206	slave labor	Forced labor of people considered property by the people in charge	9
5018757207	feudalism to capitalism	A political, economic, and social system based on the relationship between lord and vassal in order to provide protection trade and industry controlled by private owners	10
5018757209	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	11
5018782655	Northwest/CA Natives	fish for food; forced into religion because of the missions system	12
5018786068	Maritime Technology	inventions that resulted in improvement in sailing capability, helping to facilitate trade (allowed Europeans to navigate easier)	13
5018801700	Spanish Exploration	along mexico region in the south and west coast (spread religion and ideas as well as disease that killed many natives)	14
5018810918	Deadly epidemics	small pox (killed many natives because they weren't immune to disease)	15
5018816137	Northeast natives	examples include the Cherokee farming was very important; Powhatan is considered the real king	16
5018845397	Spanish caste system	system based on race that was used for social control and also determined a person's role and importance in society. Spanish, Mestizo, Native (social prejudice and economic exploitation)	17