APUSH PERIOD 1 VOCAB

Algonquian

The Algonquian were an American-Indian group in the Northeast, prominent along the Atlantic Coast and in the interior regions along Saint Lawrence River and around the Great Lakes and living in present day Canada. This group of peoples who spoke the Algonquin language was the first tribe to encounter the British when they made it to the Americas and resided in semipermanent longhouses, farmed, fished, and gathered wild foods.

Anasazi

The Anasazi were a group of American Indians in the dry region that now includes New Mexico and Arizona that lived in complex dwellings under cliffs. The Anasazi suddenly abandoned their homes in the 13th century, and the reason why remains a complicated mystery. The Anasazi were farmers in an agricultural era and employed many tactics and strategies to farm with less rain than other groups may have gotten. The Anasazi are famous for their extremely well-engineered cliff dwellings and their departure from them so suddenly.

Asiento System

System used by the Spanish to import slaves from African partners who supplied enslaved people in which colonists were requred to pay a tax to the Spanish king on each enslaved person they imported to the Americas.

Aztec

Great empire of the Americas that dominated the land in Mesoamerica and the Andes along with the Incas. The Aztec Empire controlled the fertile valleys in the highlands of Mexico and forged trading routes that crisscrossed the empire. The Aztecs ruled through gaining tribute from smaller tribes and worshipping Sun Gods.

Casta System