Chapter 1-5 Bold Terms Flashcards
Canadian Shield
First part of North America to rise above sea level
Where did the Inca live
Peru
Where did the Aztecs live
Mexico
What is Cahokia
native settlement in Mississippi home to 25,000 people
What is three sister farming
In order, maize, beans and squash
Who were Muslim Middlemen
men along the silk road who charged who charged high tolls en route
Caravel
created in 1450, Portugal, allowed longer trade
Approximately what year did the Columbian exchange being?
1492
What and when was the Treaty Tordessilas
1494, issued by papacy, divided New World between Portugal and Spain
Encomienda
Allowed the government to give Natives to certain colonists as slaves, as long as they were baptized
What was the noche triste
1520, Spain sacks Tenochtitlan
What was the Battle of Acoma?
Spain attacks Pueblo people in New Mexico
What was Popes Rebellion
1680, Pueblo defeat Spain and reclaim Santa Fe area
What was primogeniture
land must be passed down to eldest son
what is a joint-stock company
allowed investors to pool capitol, and funded colonist’s journey to new world.
What did the Virginia Charter do?
Guaranteed the colonists equal english rights
What ended the first Anglo-Powahatan war?
Marriage of John Rolfe and Pocahantas
WHen was the Second Anglo-Powahatan War
1644
What was the House of Burgesses
An assmbly of settlers to solve problems
What was the Barbados Slave codes?
Makes slavery an inheritance
Who were squatters
Mostly middle colonists who raised crops without permission
Where was the Tuscarora war fought
North Carolina
Where was the Yamase Indian war fought?
South Carolina
What was Georgia’s initial purpose as a colony
to serve as a buffer
