APUSH unit 1

The Mayas and the Incas cultivated corn as an important stable food supply. (p. 2)

corn

It was not until the 17th century that the American Indians acquired these animals from the Spanish. (p. 4)

horses

When Europeans came to America they brought smallpox and measles to which the natives had no resistance. Millions of American Indians died from these diseases. (p. 8)

disease

King of Spain gave grants of land and natives (as slaves) to individual Spaniards. (p. 8)

encomienda system

This system required that a tax be paid to the King of Spain, for slaves that were imported to the Americas. (p. 8)