APUSH UNIT ONE

Land Bridge (1.2)

A connection between 2 landmasses, especially a prehistoric one that allowed humans and animals to colonize new territory before being cut off by the sea

Hohokam (1.2)

Found in New Mexico and Arizona (dry region)(1/3)

Anasazi (1.2)

Found in New Mexico and Arizona (dry region)(2/3)

Pueblos (1.2)

Found in New Mexico and Arizona (dry region)(3/3)

Adena-Hopewell (1.2)

The first to build large cities and earthworks in areas of current Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and West Virginia

Woodland Mound Builders (1.2)

Built timber and bark lodgings along rivers

Mayas (1.2)

(300-800) Built remarkable cities in the rain forests of the Yucatán Peninsula

Aztecs (1.2)

Powerful empire developed in Mexico and moved to Central America, the capital (Tenochtitlán) had a population around 200,00

Incas (1.2)

Based in Peru and developed a vast empire in South America

Corn (Maize) (1.2)

Stable food crop

Algonquian (1.2)

One of the largest American Indian languages (northwest)

Siouan (1.2)

One of the largest American Indian languages (Great Plains)

Longhouses (1.2)

Multiple families lived in one house, some almost 200 feet ling

Iroquois Confederation (1.2)

Powerful union battled rival American Indians as well as Europeans

Gunpowder (1.3)

Invented by the Chinese and used by the Europeans

Sailing Compass (1.3)

Adopted from Arab merchants who learned about it from the Chinese and used by the Europeans

Printing Press (1.3)

The invention was made in the 1450s and helped to spread knowledge across Europe

Isabella (1.3)

Queen of Castile

Ferdinand (1.3)

King of Aragon

Christopher Columbus (1.3)

Isabella and Ferdinand funded his first voyage under their new ruling

Henry the Navigator (1.3)

Portuguese prince that funded many voyages that eventually opened a sea route around South Africa's Cape of Good Hope

Treaty of Tordesillas (1.3)

(1494) When Spain and Portugal moved the line of demarcation a few degrees to the west

Roanoke Island (1.3)

Island off of North Carolina

Protestat Reformation (1.3)

Revolt against the pope in Rome, Germany, England, France, Holland and other northern countries took part

Nation-States (1.3)

Countries where the the majority of people shared both a common culture and common loyalty toward a central government

Horses (1.4)

One of the first and most important animal people in the Americas learned about

Diseases (1.4)

What was brought over by Europeans to the Native Americas that made population decrease greatly

Smallpox and Measles (1.4)

Two of the first diseases brought by Europeans to Native Americans, these killed almost 90% of Native Americans

Capitalism (1.4)

Economic system in which control of money and machinery became more important then the control of land

Joint-Stock Company (1.4)

Business owed by a large number of investors

Encomienda (1.5)

The system in which Spanish Kings granted natives who lived on a tract of land to individual Spaniards

Asiento (1.5)

System that required colonists to pay a tax to the Spanish King on each enslaved person they imported to the Americas

Slavery (1.5)

When someone was under the control of another, mainly African Americans and those of Indian herratiage were being taken into custody

Conquistadors (1.5)

Spanish explorers and conquerors

Hernán Cortés (1.5)

Conquerer of the Aztecs in Mexico

Francisco Pizarro (1.5)

Conquerer of the Incas in Peru

Slave Trade (1.5)

When slaves where moved between countries and traded, used the Middle Passage

Middle Passage (1.5)

Where the slave trade mainly took place, a voyage across the Atlantic Ocean

New Laws of 1542 (1.6)

These laws ended Indian slavery, stopped forced labor and started the end to the encomienda system

Bartolomé de Las Casas (1.6)

Spanish priest, went from fighting wars against the Indians to wanting better treatment for them

Valladolid Debate (1.6)

The debate over the role made for Indians in the Spanish colonies (1550-1551)

Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda (1.6)

Spanish priest, argued Indians were less then human and inferior to Europeans