Studied by 94 people
Pangea
A supercontinent made up of all the earth’s land
Canadian shield
Land founded upon ancient rock that was likely the first part of dry North America
Incas
Inhabited peru
Mayans
Inhabited Central America
Aztecs
Inhabited mexico
Maize
Indian corn (central part of culture + fed populations)
Pueblo people
Lived in Rio Granda Valley (made irrigation systems)
Nation states
Societies where political legitimacy and authority overlays a large degree of cultural commonality
Anasazis
Cliff dwellers in the southwest
Cahokia
Mississippi settlement of up to 25000 people
Three-sister farming
Maize, beans, and squash being grown together (natives)
Iroquois
Had a large army
Huron
Iroquois rivals in the Great Lake region
Matrilineal cultures
Women had authority; power and possessions passed down the female side of the family
Caravel
Ship that can sail more closely into the wind
Renaissance
14th century movement that fostered a spirit of adventure
Christopher Columbus
Italian seafarer supported by Spain, landed at an island near the Bahamas 1492
Colombian exchange
Exchange of goods between the old and new worlds
Goods from old world
Cattle, pigs, horses, sugarcane
Goods from new world
Tobacco, maize, beans, tomatoes, potatoes
Treaty of tordesillas
Division of the new world land by Spain and Portugal (Spain: americas, Portugal: Africa and Asia)
Encomienda system
A system allowing the government to give Indian slaves to colonists if they Christianize them
Hernan Cortez
Conquered the aztecs
Moctezuma
Aztec cheiftain
Malinche
(Dona marina) cortez’ main interpreter
Noche triste (sad night)
The Aztecs attacked the Spanish and drove them out of the city
Francisco Pizarro
Crushed the Incas of Peru in 1532
Mestizos
People with mixed Indian and European heritage
Conquistadores
Spanish conqueres
Giovanni Caboto
English explorer of northeast North America
Battle of Acomas
Spanish won, sentenced North America to 25 years of slavery
Province
A part of a country outside the capitol
Pueblo (Popes) Revolt
Pueblo rebels destroyed Catholic Churches and killed priests and Spanish settlers, took the Spanish half a century to reclaim the land
Robert de la Salle
French, explored the Mississippi River, named Louisiana after Kind Louie
Father Junipero Serra
Founded 21 missions up the California coast
Black Legend
Concept by Spain’s Protestant rivals that the Spainards did nothing but torture and kill “in Jesus name”
Bartholome de las casas
Appalled by encomienda system
Marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabelle of Castile
United Spain
Francisco Coronado
Discovered many natural wonders
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