APUSH: Early People of America and Expansion

Period 1

Name the 4 early Mesoamerican civilizations

Olmec, Maya, Aztec, Inca (oh my! America’s Interesting!)

What is the Columbian Exchange?

the widespread transfer of plants, animals, diseases, and cultures between the Old World (Europe, Asia, and Africa) and the New World (the Americas) following Columbus's voyages in 1492

What are native products from America (the New World) before the Spanish came?

corn, squash

What products/animals did the Europeans brought in to the New World?

wheat, horses, cattle, pigs, potatoes, rice

What did the Europeans want to get from Asia (Silk Road)

Silk and spices

What did the Europeans want to get from America?

Gold and silver

What was the Line of Demarcation and Treaty of Tordesillas?

Line: the line drawn by Pope Alexander VI to settle the argument of which part of land belonged to Portugal and Spain

Treaty of Tordesillas: the line was moved 1175 miles west (Spain was given almost all of the American continent except Brazil)

Who are the Conquistadores?

Spanish people who spread Christianity in the New World, at the same time find wealth

Why did the Spanish want to explore the New World?

God, gold, glory

Of the European colonizers, who is the most friendly to the natives?

French

What did the French and Dutch want to get from the New World?

Fur Trade

What are the religions of the European colonizers?

French and Spanish - Catholic
Dutch and English - Protestant

Where did the different European countries colonize the New World?

French in Canada and Louisiana, Spanish in Mexico, California, Florida, South America, Dutch in New York, English in the Thirteen Colonies and Canada