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APUSH Unit 1 Flashcards

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Last year of first period

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1607, with the arrival of the English

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Atlantic world

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The two worlds who existed (Americas, Eurasia & Africa) came together in the Colombian exchange

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Mississippi settlement Cahokia

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At one point even before arrival of Europeans, population was great but they were all in smaller groups and gone later due to drought or something

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Change in European economy because of bullion

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From feudalism (lord with casters, Knights, surfs) to capitalism (buy and sell labor) because of the gold discovered in the new world

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Pueblos

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Irrigation systems and Adobe housing

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Indirect discovers

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Christina crusaders
Marco Polo
Norse Vikings (?)
Muslim middlemen

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Prince Henry the Navigator

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A Portugal who set up a school to teach explorers to navigate

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Spain’s unification

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Marriage between Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile

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Spain unification caused….

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Spain to have the power, confidence, and wealth to compete with the Portugal

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Columbus

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2 voyages

1st: looking for Asia, landed in Bahamas
2nd: looking to conquest and bring cattle, landed in Hispaniola

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Sugar revolution

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Columbus brought sugar to the new world, became a staple in European diet, expanded slavery “rich man crop”

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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1494, divided New World between Spain & Portugal: most to Spain, Portugal got Brazil, territory in Africa & Asia coastlines
Spain got America
Assisted by Catholic Church, ignored by English

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Hernan Cortes advantages against Aztexs

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Hundreds won again hundreds of thousands because….
Metalwork (swords, armor)
Horses (intimidating)
Other NA allies (Aztecs treated them cruelly)

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Battle of Acoma

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1599, Spain made example out of Pueblos, treated them brutally

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Pope’s Rebellion

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1680, Pueblos rose up against missions & Spain lost control of New Mexico for 12 years

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Important onCaribbean Islands and Weat Indies

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Acted as offshore bases for Spanish invasion of mainland America

17
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Great Plains & Great Basin NAs

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Mobile societies, followed around Buffaloes since soil was infertile

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Atlantic Coast NAs

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Mix of agricultural & hunter-gathered economies with mainly permanent villages

19
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Northwest & California NAs

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Hunter-gatherer societies and fishing, permanent

20
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Number of years ago people first arrived in America

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35 thousand years ago

21
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Where are Incas, Aztecs, Mayans

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Incas= Peru
Aztecs= Mexico
Mayans= Central America
22
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Iroquois Confederacy

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Group of 6 Iroquois nations, political & organized

23
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Setting stage for Columbus’ voyage (4)

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1) Portuguese invented caravels
2) Spain unified, giving power & wealth for discovery, conquest, colonization
3) beginning of Renaissance, adventure
4) Invention of printing press & compass

24
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Hernan Cortes defeats Aztecs when?

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1521

25
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Number of NAs in Americas in 1492

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54 million in both Americas

4 million in North America

26
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Who was tricked by Pueblos

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Francisco Coronado, in search of gold in Quivira

27
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Who conquers New Mexico

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Don Juan de Onate also is responsible for Battle of Acoma

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Who believes NAs have right to live

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Bartolome de Las Casas, believes NAs have right to live and are highly developed
Hernando de Soto also believed NAs to be intelligent

29
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Who conquered Incas

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Francisco Pizzaro, also got much gold from Incas

30
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Bloom’s Taxonomy Levels of Thinking

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1) Recall (remembering)
2) Application (using information)
3) Analysis (breaking down into its parts and examining)
4) Evaluation (assessing, critiquing, appraising)
5) Creatinf (synthesis, putting together to make something new)

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AP PARTS

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Author
Place and time
Prior knowledge
Audience
Reason
The main idea
Significance
32
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First year of American history

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1941, symbolizes the fact that NAs existed in America and built societies before Columbus arrived

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