APUSH Unit 1 Review~MCT

Unit one review for AP US History

Anasazi

ancient people who lived in the southwest area of the usa who mysteriously disappeared

Bering Land Bridge

A bridge that connects europe, asia, and north america that nomadic people used to come to the americas

Pope’s Rebellion

A rebellion in which native americans opposed the conversion into catholicism and destroyed catholic churches; along with the spanish colonies.

Black Death

A plague epidemic that occurred between 1347 and 1351 in Europe that killed 30 to 50 percent of Europe's population

Clovis People

people of mongolian origins who crossed the bridge from alaska to north america;created stone weapons (spears)

Mound Builders

Ancient native american people (1650 A.D) who built mounds over burial sites and places of worship

Reconquista

A period of centuries (718-1492) in which spanish christians tried to expel and obtain the land (Iberian peninsula) of the muslims

Anglicans

Common name for the followers of The Church of England (created by martin luther), was created as a form of rebellion against catholicism

Columbian Exchange

transmission and exchange of diseases, animals, plants/crops, people etc. between the old and new world (Europe and Asia had great success from it);also caused death to as many as 20-56 million native americans which totaled to 10 percent of the world's population

Encomienda

Spanish labor system in which native americans were used by colonists for labor and were forced to convert to catholicism

Treaty of Tordesillas

An agreement between Spain and Portugal signed in 1494 that signified everything west of the atlantic ocean was Spain’s discovery and everything east was Portugal’s

Puritans

Opposers of the Church of England who wished to purify the catholic beliefs in it, later on received permission to have a colony in the now massachusetts era and were ruled by a theocracy