Period 1 Study Guide Flashcards

Flashcards for Period 1 Study Guide, covering the effects of early European contact, the encomienda system, goals of European exploration, and relevant vocabulary.

The Columbian Exchange led to __.

The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages.

The __ system was a labor system used by the Spanish.

A labor system in Spanish colonies that granted land and native laborers to Spanish conquistadors and settlers.

__ were established to convert Native Americans.

Religious settlements established by Spanish missionaries to convert Native Americans to Catholicism.

The __ involved the transportation of enslaved people.

The trade of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas.

The __ encompasses interactions between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

A global system of economic exchange and interactions between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

__ is a group of North American Native American tribes.

Named for an Algonquin tribe, refers to a broad group of North American Native American tribes speaking Algonquian languages.

__ was a major pre-Columbian city known for mounds.

A major pre-Columbian city and cultural center located near present-day St. Louis known for its large earthen mounds.

__ are companies that receive rights from a government charter.

Referring to the business model where a company receives a charter from a government granting them specific rights, privileges, and obligations.

__ is known for his voyages to the Americas.

The explorer whose voyages led to the widespread knowledge of the Americas by Europeans.

__ were Spanish conquerors in the Americas.

Spanish conquerors who led expeditions to the Americas, seeking wealth and power.

__ was the staple crop that was the main source of food for Meso-Americans.

Also known as Maize, a staple crop that was a main source of food for Meso-Americans.

__ were French woodsmen who traded for furs.

Refers to French or French-Canadian woodsmen who traded with indigenous peoples for furs.

Don Juan de Onate was a Spanish __ known to be the founder of New Mexico.

Spanish conquistador known to be the founder of New Mexico.

__ was the trade system where Indigenous people and European colonizers exchange furs..

A trade system between Indigenous people and European colonizers for the exchange of furs.

__ was an English explorer who explored the Hudson River Valley.

English Explorer who explored the Hudson River Valley.

__ was an alliance of six Native American tribes.

An alliance of six Native American tribes located in present-day New York.

__ was the first permanent English settlement.

The first permanent English settlement in North America.

__ is a societal system traced through the mother's line.

A societal system in which ancestry and inheritance are traced through the mother's line.

__ is an economic theory that increases state power.

An economic theory that encourages the state regulation of the national economy for the purpose of increasing state power.

__ is a region of the Americas where diverse societies flourished.

A region of the Americas where diverse societies such as the Olmec, Maya, and Aztec.

__ are people of mixed European and Indigenous ancestry.

People of mixed European and Indigenous ancestry in the Americas.

The __ was a revolt against Spanish colonizers.

A large-scale revolt of Pueblo people against Spanish colonizers in 1680.

__ sought to purify the Church of England.

English Protestants who sought to purify the Church of England from Catholic practices.

__ is a social system with different social classes based on race.

A social system that creates different social classes based on race.

__,was the first attempted English colony that disappeared.

The first attempted English colony in North America; it mysteriously disappeared.

__ was a French explorer and the 'Father of New France'.

French explorer, also known as the 'Father of New France'.

__ wanted to separate from the Church of England.

English Protestants who wanted to separate from the Church of England.

__ was one of the English explorers that founded the Roanoke Colony.

English explorers and adventurers, that founded the Roanoke colony.

__ was a disease that devastated Native Americans.

A deadly European disease that devastated Native American populations.

__ was the capital city of the Aztec Empire.

The capital city of the Aztec Empire, located in present-day Mexico City.

__ were Native American tribes in the eastern woodlands.

Native American tribes that inhabited the eastern woodlands of North America.