APUSH Unit 1: Early Contact With the New World (1491-1607)-pt.1

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Spains

________ encomienda system- in which the Spanish crown granted colonists the authority over a number of natives, and their labor for enterprises (such as sugar harvesting and silver mining), in exchange for the conversion of the natives to Catholicism.

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Native Americans

The first ________ in contact with Europeans were smaller tribes that had permanent agriculture and lived along the Atlantic Ocean (they were also the ones that Columbus had mistakenly dubbed as "Indians)

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stable economies

The transition from hunting and gathering to maize production allowed ________ and organized societies to prosper, as well as encouraging advancements in irrigation and other advanced agricultural practices.

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Aztecs

The ________ and Mayans (both located in Mesoamerica) are known for their advances in several areas, including astronomy architecture, and art.

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capital of Tenochtitlan

In 1500, the Aztec ________ was more populous than any city in Europe.

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Spanish

________ and Portuguese colonialization led to a mixing of cultures, resulting in a racial caste system (shown below)

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Early American history

________ revolved around the conflict between Native Americans and European settlers- though Europeans were generally victorious- mainly due to an advantage in immunities to epidemics such as smallpox.

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Christopher Columbus

________ arrived in the New World in 1492, and his arrival marked the beginning of the Contact Period.

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time of Columbus

At the ________ arrival in 1492, Native American societies in North America ranged from small groups of nomadic hunter- gatherers to organized urban empires.

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Columbian era

The Pre- ________ refers to the period before Christopher Columbus arrival in the "New World, "and Native Americans populated North America.

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Europe

The Contact Period= the period in which ________ sustained contact with the Americas, and introduced a widespread exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and ideas in the Columbian Exchange.

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Pueblo people

________ had multistory stone houses with hundreds of rooms.

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Native Americans

The ________ and their descendants migrated south (either by boat along the Pacific Coast or an ice- free corridor east of the Rocky Mountains) and populated both North and South America.

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Colony

________= a territory settled and controlled by a foreign power.

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