APUSH Chapter 1: New World Beginnings

Battle of Acoma

Columbus also terrorized the natives in the plantation system, brutally punishing them when they didn't meet their quota (cruelty is also seen in ________ (1599): Spanish abused the Pueblo natives and cut a foot off survivors.

Black Legend

________: false idea that Columbus had a negative impact on the natives.

Ethnocentrism

________: idea that one religion (Christianity) was superior to all others.

Vasco de Gama

________: went to India and returned with jewels and exotic spices.

Christian crusaders

________ faced conflicts in foreign lands → craved new goods and fueled efforts for European expansion.

Peru

Incas in ________, Mayans in Central America and Aztecs in Mexico relied on the cultivation of maize to sustain a large population, because it was quickly produced using three sister farming: beans, squash, and maize were grown on the same cornstalk to save field space and maximize profits.this spread to America and transformed nomadic., hunter- gatherer tribes into sedentary ones.

Columbus

________ gave the natives cattle, which transformed native life.

Bartolomeu Dias

________: rounded Southernmost tip of Africa.

New World

Pros: food from the ________ revolutionized the European diet and fueled population growth.

Columbian Exchange

________: transatlantic exchange of goods and ideas between the Old and New World.

Nomadic EuroAsian hunters

________ crossed the Bering Isthmus (land bridge) for 25, 000 years, which led to the creation of many diverse tribes, cultures and religions.

discovery of gold

The ________ in the Americas led to the enslavement of natives in the encomienda system.

Incas in Peru, Mayans in Central America and Aztecs in Mexico relied on the cultivation of maize to sustain a large population, because it was quickly produced using three sister farming

beans, squash, and maize were grown on the same cornstalk to save field space and maximize profits.this spread to America and transformed nomadic., hunter-gatherer tribes into sedentary ones

Bartolomeu Dias

rounded Southernmost tip of Africa

Vasco de Gama

went to India and returned with jewels and exotic spices

Debate over Columbus' treatment of natives

Bartolome de Las Casas calls it 'unholy'

Ethnocentrism

idea that one religion (Christianity) was superior to all others

Columbian Exchange

transatlantic exchange of goods and ideas between the Old and New World

Pros

food from the New World revolutionized the European diet and fueled population growth

Cons

many of the animals from the Old World had diseases like smallpox that the Natives weren't immune to, which led to a steep decline in the Native population

Columbus also terrorized the natives in the plantation system, brutally punishing them when they didn't meet their quota (cruelty is also seen in Battle of Acoma (1599)

Spanish abused the Pueblo natives and cut a foot off survivors

Black Legend

false idea that Columbus had a negative impact on the natives