Chapters 1-3 Vocal Flashcards

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Cahokia

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group of Indians who lived in St. Louis area. They fared on a rich floodplain, manufactored tooks and crafts

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Mound-builders

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the Cahokians built giant 10 foot story mounds. but the Smithsonian thought that the mounds as weell as the surrounding villiage was too adcanced for indians and thought the miundbuilders were a lost race

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3
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Jospeph de Acosta

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a Spanish Jesuit who proposed the idea of a land bridge to explain how the indians got there. he got to this conclusion becuase old world animals were in new world

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Berina

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the tun continent connecting asia to americas. the land was dry and therefore ice free and had the perfect climate for mammals which attracted hunters

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clovis people/tradition

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found an advaned way to makes fluted blades or lance points.

the technology spread quickly through continent

they migrated year round to differnt hunting spaces

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6
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Pleistocene Overkill

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due to a major climate change and decrease in population of many mammals the Indians had to intensify their hunting efforts and killed large quantities of mammals all at once

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archaic period

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period of time where many Indian developments were made when glaciers meltedand new wyas of finding food in new regions. hunting in the artic, foraging in arian desert, and fishing along the coast

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8
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forest efficiency

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using mother nature to their advantage many resources. they hunted small game and gathered seeds, nuts, roots, etc; They even burned meadows to stimulate plant growth

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9
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meso ameican civilizations

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first place to develop permamnent , large, and dense communites due to farming. central mexico to centreal america in the first millenium. gave wealth and power to an elite class of prietsts and rulers

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teotihuacon

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city in the valley of mexico
elite class of religous and po;itcla leaders
had a trading system
had an elaborate division of labor

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Aztects

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migrants from the north of Mexico valley who settled there and bscailly took over the place

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12
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Pueblo

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what the Ana sazis lived it; multipule story compplex apartments densly populated made in resonce to population density and dry climate

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13
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anasazi

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best known farming culture of the Southwest, in the four corners, had many varieties of maize in irrigated fields
hunted animals using bow and arrow

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14
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iroquois confederacy

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a group of five iroquois speaking indian tribes untied under one cheifdom after years of fighting. they were not allowed to fight each other and instead had to send gifts or pay instead of revenge. done so by cheif Deganawida, “blocking out sun” solar eclipse

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15
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iroquis

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NOrth east indians they were the first region to adopt cultivation. the women harvested many crops to support longhouses full of one matrilineal family

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Natchez

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Indian group of the south who we know the most about since most of the other tribes were poorly documentsed due to disease. the natchez were farmed of the rich floodplains

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17
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CROATOAn

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writing on a tree trunk found at Roanoke island after the whole colony disapppeared

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18
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prince henry the navigator

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prince who set up a place to learn all about the ocean and how to navigate it leading to europe becoming the most advanced in ocean for years to come

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19
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reconquista

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THe monarchs of Castile and Aragon’s victory of conquering Grendada which ended a long battle to conquer the last muslim ruled country in Iberia

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Hernan Cortez

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Vet of the conquests in Cuba who used the anger the Indians had and making Spanish Indian alliances to overthrow the Aztec empire`

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ecompienda

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Institiution in which Indians had to work for Spanish lords in exchange for protection but ended up just ebing slavery

22
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JOhn Calvin

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predestination, HUgenots, religious turmoil which led to the want of colonies

23
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Hernando de Soto

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led a spanish expedition through NA by pundering any villaige in his path. his army of 700 was eventually cut in half and the mission failed. however, all those men traveling through america caused an epidemic and killed many people

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Vasquex de Coronado

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led a spnaish expedition of 300 men and 1000 allied indians and defeated the pueblos but was not impressed by what he saw and left

25
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mestizos

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half indian, half european

26
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St. Augustine

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a settlement established by Don Pedro who wanted todefeat Hugenots. longest standing still occupied european city in NA

27
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franciscans

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spanish missionaries who enforced the destruction of insian culture that caused a revolt

28
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Hopi

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people from Arizona who told off a missionary who ordered all the young women to come live with him

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Indian Pope

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led pueblo revolt. Impeached in 1690 for making his tribe vunerable to attack from other indians after expelling the Spanish

30
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St. LAwrence River

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Samuel de Champion founded a colony called Quebec for french to get an advantage for fur trade

31
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Jesuits

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French missionaries, eager to learn about INdians ways and introduce them to Catholiscism

32
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Intendent

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french officials made rulers of provinces and could dispiline local authorities

33
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Soverighn Conflict

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made by france to control new france and had authoruty over fur trade and other businesses

34
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Seignune something idk

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loreds who ownded land in new france and were in chrage of many things depite not having money back home

35
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BOis

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french “wood runner”, indeonednt fur trader in NF

36
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metis

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ethnic group of Indian women and french fur tarders

37
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the middle ground

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many differing cultures trading with no conflicts

38
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Virginina Company

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Group of london investors who established Jamestown in CHes. Bay and got into a fight with Powhaten and kidnapped Pocohauntus. But went bankrupt and Virginia became a coloyn

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Presidos

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18th century militrary outpost made by Spanish in the new World

40
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The Great Migration

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imm. of 200 th puritans to nEw World to escape prosecutions. they Built boston and continued to grow

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Maryland

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King Charles 1 gave 100 mill acres of land to Catholics to create a catholic safe space that farmed

42
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Massasschusettes BAy Company

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a group of 200 rich puritans given a royal charter to establish a fishing settlement. they renanem it Salme and hoped to become a city on a hill

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Praying towns

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homet o 2,000 alogonquin catholic converts but were set on fire by english settlers

44
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BAcon

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Virginian conflict in which people revolted agianst the indians and the governement, tired to be stopped but just got worse

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a city on a hill

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JOhn Winthrop, model for puritans