APUSH UNIT ONE REVIEW

Feudalism vs Capitalism

Feudalism: a land based economic system in Europe

Capitalism: an economic system based off of ownership of profits by private entities

The European Economy changed because of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Columbian Exchange

Effects: The trades of goods between the Americas and Europe, population growth of Europe, introduction of diseases to the Americas

Goods: foods, livestock, maize, tobacco. People: Christopher Columbus, Hernan Cortez, Francisco Pizarro. Diseases: Smallpox, Bubonic Plague, Measles

Bartolome de Las Casas

A critic of the Spanish government because of their actions towards the Native people of the Americas during the colonization

Econmienda System

It granted land and labor of the natives and it had some failures such as natives escaping or dying

Casta System

A Spanish social hierarchy based on race. From lowest to highest goes Enslaved People, Native American Indians, Mestico: born Spanish and Native American, Creole: Spanish but born in America, and Pennisulares, who are Spanish born in Spain

Epidemics

Epidemics are a widespread disease in a community. These can include smallpox, measles, and the bubonic plague. It helped the Spanish colonizers beat the much larger native states because of their resistance to the diseases compared to the natives.

Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand

Royalty in Spain that sponsored exploration trips. Famously sponsored Christopher Columbus

European Exploration

The four causes of exploration are God: meaning religion, Gold: meaning economic, Glory: meaning power (could be military), and population growth

The Spainish subjugated the natives, the French/Dutch treated the natives as trade partners, and the British expelled the natives from their land

The French/Dutch had a better relationship with the natives compared to Spain and Britain

Bering Strait

A strait between the Pacific and Artic oceans

Ice Age

A long period of reduction in temperature

Causes of Exploration

God, Gold, Glory, and population (see 8 for explanation)

Native Socieites

Native American tribes had social structures, and were also different in many ways

Substienence farming: farming for resources and creating your own food instead of hunting

Sedentary: a tribe staying in one place

Nomadic: a tribe moving to many places instead of just one

Maize: a crop that yields large grains on a cob (also known as corn)