DC US History Chapter 1

Nixtamalization 

A process for the preparation of maize (corn) in which the grain is soaked and cooked in an alkaline solution, usually limewater, and hulled 

Columbian Exchange 

The widespread transfer of animals, plants, culture, human populations, communicable diseases, technology and ideas between the American and Afro-Eurasian hemispheres in the 15th and 16th centuries, related to European colonization and trade after Christopher Columbus' 1492 voyage. 

Paleo-Indian 

Any person belonging to the first indigenous peoples who settled in the Americas or lived there before circa 8,500 BCE.

Amerindian 

American Indian

Agricultural Revolution 

transitioning traditional subsistence farming toward more scientific, market-driven, and expansive production. 

Conquistadores 

Ex crusaders meant to conquer the new world

Encomienda system 

was a 16th-century Spanish labour system that rewarded Spain's conquistadors with the labour of conquered non-Christian peoples

1588 

The year that the armada lost to the british

Mestizo 

A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Spanish and Native American heritage

Mulatto 

person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents

Coureurs de Bois 

A fur trader operating in North America in the seventeenth or eighteenth century without permission from the French authorities 

Protestant Reformation 

a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches 

Spanish Armada 

The fleet of warships sent by Philip II of Spain against England in 1588. 

Teosinte 

Type of grass used to make food by native Americans, father crop of corn(maize) 

Mississippian culture 

Peaceful and nomadic Native American culture, 

1492 

-Reconquista (Reconquest of Iberia) 

-Fall of Granada 

-The Last Crusade 

-Expulsion of the Jews 

Beringia 

Land Bridge between Russia and Alaska 

Cahokia 

Abandoned city of 15-20k people, next to present day St. Louis,