APUSH Unit 1 Vocab

corn

one of the three sister crops

horses

brought to the americas, made transportation easier

disease

not just cattle and crops were shared in the columbian exchange but also

encomienda system

spanish early form of slavery

asiento system

a different namde for indetrured servitude

slavery

people were taken from africa to work for no pay

land bridge

this connected pangea, and when it melted asia and america split off from eachother

Adena-Hopewell Hokokam, Anazi, and Puebleos

where native peoples lived, before colonization

Woodland mound

where natives built houses to protect from above ground dangers

Lokota Sioux

This tribe fought against the reservation acts

mayas

natives that lived in mexico

incas

natives that lived in peru

aztecs

natives that lived in technitiallan

Conquistadors

Fought to gain more land for the spanish empire

Hernan Cortés

Spanish conqustador known for killing all of the aztec peoples

Fransisco Pizarrio

spanish conqustador known for conquering major portions of mexico

New Laws of 1542

act put in place to stop those in charge of encomindas from expoiting the native peoples

Roanoka Island

the actual first english settlement, but everyone disapeared

compass

A tool used to distingish, north, east, south and west

prinitng press

made the creation of books and texts cheaper and readiliy available to the public

Ferdinand and Isabella

The were the king and queen of spain that appoved columbuss’ route to asia

Protestant Reformation

lead by martin luther, against the english church

Henry the Navigator

English explorer who is known for helping the portugesse

Christopher Columbus

started the travel to the new world as he found riches

Treaty of Tordesillas

Split land between Spain and Portugal because of increased tensions

slave trade

began on the coasts of africa for labor on the sugar plantations

nation-state

the native americans had established these sections of land to better their furtherment of society

Algonquan

peoples that lived in the great plains

Siuoan3

the mountain peoples native to north america

Iroquois Confederation

An agreement among the native tribes of north america

longhouses 4

comunal native american living homes

John Cabot

Italian Explorer

Jaques Cartier

firts eurpean to nativagte the st. Laurnce river

Samuel de Champlain

the father of new france

Henry Hudson

english turned swedish explorer

Bartolomé de Las Casas

Described how black people were not people and made areligous justification of slavery for only blacks not natives as they were lighrter skinned

Valladolid Debate

philisophical debate between Bartolomé and Juan

Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda

argued taht it was spains job to enslave the native peoples of america