APUSH Unit/period 1 vocab

Subjugation

the action of bringing someone or something under domination or control.

Diversification 

the action of diversifying something or the fact of becoming more diverse.

Sovereignty

a political concept that refers to a dominant power or supreme authority

Demographic

a particular sector of a population.

Columbian Exchange

The transmission and interchange of plants, animals, diseases, cultures, human populations, and technologies between the new and old world

Maize 

a cereal grain first domesticated by the indigenous. Become one of the worlds most widely grown crops

Great Basin

desert region of the western United States that stretches from the high desert regions between the Sierra Nevada to the rocky mountains

Great Plains 

flat land which covers CLRDO, KS, MNTNA, NBRSKA, NEW MEX, N -DAKOTA, OKLHMA, S - DAKOTA, TX, WYMNG

Miss. River Valley 

one of the worlds most important commercial waterways which was important for native and colonizer trade

God, gold, glory 

main motivations behind European explorations

Feudalism 

political system in which powerful leaders gave land to nobles in exchange for pledges of loyalty and service

Capitalism 

system of economic production based on the private ownership of property and the contractual exchange for profit of goods, labor, and money

Joint-Stock Companies

short-term partnership between multiple investors to fund a commercial enterprise

Encomienda system 

Spanish get Natives to work for them in promise of compensation

Caste System 

heirarchal social structure that was prominent in the spanish colonial system. Categorized based on race, ethnicity, lineage, influencing social status, labor roles, and rights