Ch. 1 Terms

Question 1

Pre-Columbus population

Answer 1

1.15-16 million

Question 2

Culture of US SW

Answer 2

Pueblo Revolt, Spanish defeat Aztecs, Pueblo allowed to own land, Pueblo infants baptized

Question 3

Aztecs

Answer 3

Mexico, Tenochtitlan greatest city, defeated by Spanish through smallpox

Question 4

Tenochtitlan

Answer 4

Greatest city, built by Aztecs

Question 5

Hernando Cortez

Answer 5

Conquered Mexico by giving Aztecs smallpox (guns, horses, and disease)

Question 6

Conquistador

Answer 6

Conqueror

Question 7

Cahokia

Answer 7

Present day st Louis, 10k-20k people

Question 8

Crusades

Answer 8

Series of military expeditions made by Europeans to the Holy Lands

Question 9

Marco Polo

Answer 9

Merchant that sold goods from Asia to Europe + told exotic stories

Question 10

Renaissance

Answer 10

Revival of art/literature under classical models in the 1300-1500s

Question 11

Reformation

Answer 11

Led by Martin Luther, Catholic church split and some became Protestants

Question 12

Martin Luther

Answer 12

Leader of the Reformation

Question 13

John Calvin

Answer 13

Puritan who believed in predestination

Question 14

English Reformation

Answer 14

Political dispute between the king and the pope, Henry VIII forms Anglican church due to divorce disputes

Question 15

Puritan Discontent

Answer 15

Puritans persecuted by James I

Question 16

Prince Henry the Navigator

Answer 16

Responsible for early development of Portuguese exploration and maritime trade

Question 17

Slave Trade

Answer 17

Began in 700 AD, cultivation of European sugarcane was the catalyst for growth in slavery

Question 18

Bartholomeu Dias

Answer 18

Rounded S Africa (Cape of Good Hope)

Question 19

Vasco de Gama

Answer 19

Sailed around the cape of India

Question 20

Christopher Columbus

Answer 20

“Discovered” the W Indies in 1492, led racial genocide against the Tiano tribe

Question 21

Tiano

Answer 21

Enslaved people that Columbus committed genocide against

Question 22

Ponce de Leon

Answer 22

“Discovered” Puerto Rico

Question 23

Hernando de Soto

Answer 23

Explored S US

Question 24

Francisco de Coronado

Answer 24

Explored SW US

Question 25

Encomienda System

Answer 25

Forced labor in Spanish colonies, intended to encourage colonization

Question 26

Mestizo

Answer 26

People of mixed race (Spanish and Native American)

Question 27

Mulatto

Answer 27

People of mixed race (English and African)

Question 28

Pope’s Rebellion/Pueblo Revolt

Answer 28

Revolt against Spanish priests and government, caused by major drought and Apache raids

Question 29

Colonization (Spain)

Answer 29

Heavier commercial policies, rigid gov. control

Question 30

Colonization (France)

Answer 30

Allied with Native populations

Question 31

Colonization (Dutch)

Answer 31

Sailed up the Hudson River

Question 32

Colonization (England)

Answer 32

Plantations, suppressed Native populations