AP US History 1 Chapter 1 Vocabulary Terms Flashcards

6978102544	conquistador	A Spanish conqueror or adventurer in the Americas.	0
6978102543	Columbian Exchange	The transfer of goods, crops, and diseases between New and Old World societies after 1492.	1
6978102545	encomienda	The Spanish labor system in which persons were held to unpaid service under the permanent control of their masters, though not legally owned by them.	2
6978102547	mestizos	People of mixed Indian and European heritage, notably in Mexico.	3
6978102548	middlemen	In trading systems, those dealers who operate between the original producers of goods and the retail merchants who sell to consumers.	4
6978102549	nation-states	The form of political society that combines centralized government with a high degree of ethnic and cultural unity.	5
6978102551	plantation	Large-scale agricultural enterprise growing commercial crops and usually employing coerced or slave labor.	6
6978231715	matrilinear	The form of society in which family line, power, and wealth are passed primarily through the female side.	7
6978240709	confederacy	An alliance or league of nations or peoples looser than a federation.	8
6978249332	primeval	Concerning the earliest origins of things.	9
6978260868	caravel	A small vessel with a high deck and three triangular sails.	10
6978338232	capitalism	An economic system characterized by private property, generally free trade, and open and accessible markets.	11
6978349225	province	A medium-sized subunit of territory and governmental administration within a larger nation or empire.	12
7056901131	black legend	The idea developed during North American colonial times that the Spanish utterly destroyed the Indians through slavery and disease and left nothing of value.	13
7056907137	Canadian Shield	The geological shape of North America estimated at 10 million years ago. It held the northeast corner of North America in place and was the first part of North America theorized to come above sea level	14
7056910212	Treaty of Tordesillas	In 1494, Spain and Portugal were disputing the lands of the New World, so the Spanish went to the Pope, and he divided the land of South America for them. Spain got the vast majority, the west, and Portugal got the east.	15