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The Columbian Exchange
maize, horses, etc
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Maize helped natives __________ instead of being ___________
settle down, nomadic
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Maize allowed for:
larger and more dense populations
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True or false: the discovery of maize led to less socially diversified societies.
false
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What did the discovery of maize prompt in Native American societies?
Economic growth and development and development of irrigation systems
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Who grew maize?
Mayans and Aztecs
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East of the Mississippi River, the __________ prospered with a __________.
Woodland American Indians, rich food supply
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What was the effect of some farming techniques in northeast settlements?
The soil was exhausted and people had to move to fresh land
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What did the people on tropical islands grow?
Sugar
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What did the people in forests raise?
Animals
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What did the people with fertile soil grow?
Maize
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What did people in dry regions create?
Irrigation systems
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How did people in forested regions clear land?
They used fire
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What did the men do in Native American culture?
Made tools and hunted for game
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What did the women do in Native American culture?
Gathered plants and nuts or grew crops such as corn, beans, and tobacco
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Which tribe had a matriarchal society?
Iroquois
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Did European women or Native American women have more power?
Native American women
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Where did the Natchez Indians live?
southwestern Mississippi
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What did the Natchez Indians grow?
corn, beans, and squash
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The Natchez Indians __________ in addition to farming.
hunted, fished, and gathered wild plant foods
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Who was the leader of the Natchez Indians and what was their role?
The Great Sun, ceremonial leader
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How was group membership for the Natchez Indians determined?
By heredity through the female line
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Moundbuilding was an expression of the __________ with mounds serving as bases for __________
complex tribal religion, sacred buildings
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Tenochtitlan was:
the capital of the Aztecs
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Where is Tenochtitlan located?
Present day Mexico City
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How many warriors did Tenochtitlan have?
100,000
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What were the activities in Tenochtitlan?
human sacrifice, zoos, Aztec ball game
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What classes were in Aztec society?
Royalty, nobility, warriors, commoners, slaves
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Who did the Aztec nobility include?
Military leaders, priests, lords, land owners, judges
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Who did the Aztec commoners include?
Farmers, artisans, merchants
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What did the natives introduce to the Europeans during the Columbian Exchange?
Maize, potatoes, tobacco
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What did the Europeans introduce to the natives during the Columbian Exchange?
Horses, cattle, smallpox
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Smallpox killed over _________ percent of the natives.
90
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When he arrived in the Americas, Columbus thought he was in:
India
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Columbus arrived in the Americas while looking for:
a short passage to India
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What did Columbus want in India?
silks, spices, and gold
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What are the 3 G's?
Gold, God, Glory
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Cortes meets __________, king of the Aztecs in _________
Moctezuma, Tenochtitlan
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Believing Cortes may be ___________, Moctezuma invites Cortes into Tenochtitlan
Quetzalcoatl
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What does Cortes do when his men want to go home?
He burns the sails
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Why did the people of Tenochtitlan lose to Cortes's men?
They were all sick with smallpox
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Does Moctezuma die during the battle?
Yes
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In the Spanish colonies, what were the people of European heritage called?
Peninsulares
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Who were the Creoles?
descendants of Europeans born in Latin America
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What is mixed Native American and European called?
Mestizo
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Who were the Mulattos?
Mixed European and African
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Who was at the top of the social pyramid in Spanish colonies?
Pure-blooded Spaniards
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Who was in the middle of the social pyramid in Spanish colonies?
Several levels of people ordered according to their mixture of European, Native American, and African heritage
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Who was at the bottom of the social pyramid in Spanish colonies?
People of pure Indian or Black heritage
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What did the Iroquois do for food?
Hunting and gathering and slash and burn agriculture
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What were the Three Sisters?
corn, beans, squash
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What were the Iroquoian homes?
10-30 meter-long 'longhouses' made of wood and covered with bark that each housed three to five families
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Why were the Iroquoians able to farm more than the Algonquians?
The climate was more mild
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Where was Native American warfare most intense?
Along the Missouri River in the present-day Dakotas
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Ancestors of the ___________ were at war with each other.
Mandans, Hidatsas, and Arikaras
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Towns inhabited by as many as 1,000 people were often fortified with:
ditch and palisade defenses
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In the east, from the Atlantic coast to the Great Lakes area, __________ and __________ peoples mingled and divided the available resources
Algonquian, Iroquoian
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Why were conflicts among Native Americans waged?
economic and political goals, such as gaining access to resources or territory, exacting tribute from another nation or controlling trade routes
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What did Cartier do?
Explored the St. Lawrence River and named Canada
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What did Cartier go on his voyages for?
To find a northwest passage to Asia, as well as to collect riches such as gold and spices along the way
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Did Bartholomew de las Casas agree with most Europeans about Native Americans?
No
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Bartholomew de las Casas persuaded ___________ to institute __________.
the king; the New Laws of 1542
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What did the New Laws of 1542 do?
Ended Indian slavery, halted forced Indian labor, and began to end the encomienda system that kept the Indians in serfdom