Honors US History 1 Unit 1 Test; When Worlds Collis

Mayas

A South American Native Tribal Group

Aztecs

A South American Native Tribal Group

Incas

A South American Native Tribal Group

Iriqouis Confederecy

The combination of multiple tribes in the NY area

Cahokia

Native tribe in the Midwest

Pueblo

A Native Tribe in the Southwest Region (Specifically Modern day NM)

Three Sisters

Corn, Squash/Pumpkins, Beans

Christopher Columbus

A European Explorer funded by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to venture across the Atlantic in search of new trade routes to the Indies. He landed in the Bahamas and started the exploration of the new world and the torture of Native Americans.

Columbian Exchange

The contact between native Americans and Europeans, resulting in the exchanges of Crops, Animals, and Disease

Bartolome de Las Casas

A Spanish Explorer and settler who advocated for better conditions of Native Americans.

Casta System

The Social Hierarchy system created by the Spanish to set distinct ethnic groupings. Bottom → Pure African and Natives ; Next → Mixed (Spanish and African(Mestizos)/Native(Mulatoes)) Heritiges ; Next → Creoles (Spanish Decent but born in the colonies/Americas) top → Purley Spanish Heritage

Middle Passage

The difficult voyage across the Atlantic, taking enslaved Africans from Africa to the Americas. 10-15% of slaves died on board due to harsh conditions.

Protestant Reformation

The Revolt of the Spanish Catholics against the muslims

Henry the Navigator

Prince of Portugal. Helped fund many voyages across the Atlantic.

Chattel Slavery

the most common form of enslavement of Indians and Africans

Joint Stock Market

The company that allowed for investors to privately invest money into voyages across the Atlantic, which minimizes the losses for investors

Samuel de Champlain

The former governor of new france

New France

The area of the Americas (NY Harbor and St. Lawrence River) colonized by france

New Netherelands

The Area of the Americas (Hudson River/Albany, and Manhattan) colonized by the dutch

Treaty of Tordesillas

the Line settling the land controlled by the Spanish and the Portuguese. The Pope set this line.

Valladolid Debate

The debate for whether or not Natives deserved to be treated equally

Encomienda System

The system in which the Native indians were enslaved by the spaniards

Pueblo Revolt/Pope’s Rebellion

The revolt against the Spanish. The Pueblos were mad at the Spanish for encroaching on their territory. The Pueblos shocked the Spanish and pushed them out of NM. Unfortunately, the Spanish reinvaded the Pueblos and took control.