UNIT 1

Causation

the ability to identify, analyze, and evaluate causes and effects of historical events

Comparison

the ability to identify, analyze, and evaluate similarities between historical events, societies, or perspectives

Change and Continuity Over Time (CCOT)

the ability to identify, analyze, and evaluate how events, societies, or perspectives changed or stayed the same during a specific historical period.

1492

Columbus lands in the Americas.

1607

English establish Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement.

Three Sisters

Three staple crops (corn, beans, and squash) favored by many native tribes in North America. Their collective name references their interdependence: the cornstalks provided a structure for the beans to grow up, and the squash held moisture in the soil for all three.

Columbian Exchange

The transmission and interchange of plants, animals, diseases, cultures, human populations (including slaves), and technologies between the New World and the Old World. Greatly benefited Europe and Asia while simultaneously bringing catastrophe to American Indian populations and cultures.

Encomienda

A legal system established by the Spanish crown. Conquistadores or other officials were given a set number of American Indians from whom they would extract tribute while instructing in the Roman Catholic faith. In practice, it was a form of slavery. Contrast with: repartimiento.