chapter 2 and 3

Question 1

Noble savages

Answer 1

an idealized concept of uncivilized man, who symbolizes the innate goodness of one not exposed to the corrupting influences of civilization.

Question 2

columbian exchange

Answer 2

the exchange of diseases, ideas, food. crops, and populations between the New World and the Old World following the voyage to the Americas by Christo pher Columbus in 1492.

Question 3

old world diseases

Answer 3

smallpox, measles, whooping cough, chicken pox, bubonic plague, typhus, and malaria

Question 4

requirimento

Answer 4

read to Native Americans to inform them of Spain’s rights to conquest.

Question 5

Tenochtitlan

Answer 5

the capital of the Aztec Empire, was founded by the Aztec or Mexica people around 1325 C.E

Question 6

Encomienda system

Answer 6

a form of forced and unpaid labour used by Spanish authorities and settlers in the colonies of the Spanish Empire.

Question 7

Beaver wars

Answer 7

the Iroquois Confederation took control of the fur trade, eliminated rival Native American Indian tribes, and terrorized French settlements

Question 8

Powhatan

Answer 8

The Powhatan Indians were a group of Eastern Woodland Indians who occupied the coastal plain of Virginia. They were sometimes referred to as Algonquians due to their language

Question 9

Pequot war

Answer 9

(1636-1638) was a conflict between the Native American Pequot tribe and the English immigrants who had established settlements in New England between 1620-1630. The immediate cause of the war was the murder of two English traders, Captain John Stone

Question 10

Indian christianity

Question 11

fur trade

Answer 11

The Treaty of Paris was signed by U.S. and British Representatives on September 3, 1783, ending the War of the American Revolution. Based on a1782 preliminary treaty, the agreement recognized U.S. independence and granted the U.S. significant western territory.

Question 12

metis

Answer 12

(especially in western Canada) a person of mixed indigenous and Euro-American ancestry, in particular one of a group of such people who in the 19th century constituted the so-called Métis nation in the areas around the Red and Saskatchewan rivers.

Question 13

indian slave trade

Answer 13

st relied on Native Americans trapping and selling other Natives into slavery

Question 14

great southeastern smallpox epidemic

Answer 14

Epidemic smallpox surfaced first in Boston, that hotbed of revolutionary fervor. Isolated incidents had occurred in surrounding towns in 1774,

Question 15

metacom

Answer 15

Metacom led one of the most costly wars of resistance in New England history, known as King Philip’s War (1675–76). Metacom was the second son of Massasoit, a Wampanoag sachem who had managed to keep peace with the English colonizers of Massachusetts and Rhode Island for many decades.

Question 16

king philips war

Question 17

pueblo revolt

Answer 17

he Pueblo Revolt of 1680 was a revolution against Spanish religious, economic, and political institutions imposed upon the Pueblos.

Question 18

pope

Answer 18

Popé led a united attack of almost all the Pueblo Indian tribes on the Spanish capital of Santa Fe, killing nearly 500. After 10 days nearly

Question 19

wampum

Answer 19

small cylindrical beads traditionally made by some North American Indian peoples from shells, strung together and worn as decoration or used as money.

Question 20

covenant chain

Answer 20

n ongoing set of councils and treaties between the English colonies in North America and the Iroquois Confederacy.

Question 21

six nations

Answer 21

The 6 Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy · Mohawk · Oneida · Onondaga · Cayuga · Seneca · Tuscarora.

Question 22

abenakis

Answer 22

The Abenaki are one of the Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands of Canada and the United States. They are an Algonquian-speaking people and part of the Wabanaki Confederacy.

Question 23

seven years war/ french and indian war

Answer 23

. British forces seized French Caribbean islands, Spanish Cuba, and the Philippines. Fighting in Europe ended after a failed Spanish invasion of British ally Portugal.

Question 24

fort duquesne

Answer 24

The Battle of Fort Duquesne was a British assault on the eponymous French fort (later the site of Pittsburgh) that was repulsed with heavy British losses on 14 September 1758, during the French and Indian War.

Question 25

treaty of paris

Answer 25

The Treaty of Paris was signed by U.S. and British Representatives on September 3, 1783, ending the War of the American Revolution. Based on a1782 preliminary treaty, the agreement recognized U.S. independence and granted the U.S. significant western territory.

Question 26

treaty of paris

Question 27

clan mothers

Answer 27

The Clan Mother is a leader not only of her clan, but of the nation as well. The Clan Mother selects their spokesman (Hoyane or Chief) to represent them in

Question 28

captives

Answer 28

Depending on the region, captives could either be killed, tortured, kept alive and assimilated into the tribe, or enslaved

Question 29

cheyennes

Answer 29

The Cheyenne tribe is known for being sedentary agrarians that migrated to the Great Plains to escape the encroachment of white settlers. They became fierce Great Plains nomads, following the buffalo herds for food, shelter, and ceremony.

Question 30

Horse-buffalo complex