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Period 1: 1491-1607 Flashcards

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1
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name 4 societies of the southwest

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  • Pueblo
  • Anasazi
  • Zunis
  • Hopis
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where Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico meet

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The Four Corners

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why were the Pueblos weakened to European contact?

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They were forced to move out of their sophisticated towns and join other groups when a volcano erupted.

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name 3 societies of the Great Basin/Great Plains

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  • Shoshone
  • Paiute
  • Ute
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What is the Great Basin

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area between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada Mountains

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what is Desert Culture

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  • Great Basin
  • Seasonable mobility
  • Basket weaving
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name 2 societies of the East

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  • Algonquian
  • iroquois
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Tribes that settled in the Southwest; had culture based on farming & irrigation systems with permanent buildings

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Anasazi and Pueblo

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Northwestern tribes…

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Lived in permanent longhouses that had a rich diet based on hunting & fishing

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the Great Plains Indians are…

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Tribe that was
- nomadic OR farmers/traders
- hunted buffalo
-raised maize, beans & squash

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Where did the Pueblo live?

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Now Utah and Colorado

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what made the Pueblo unique?

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  • Irrigation systems
  • Small urban centers
  • Cliff dwellings
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The Chumash…

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  • Built cities with more than a thousand people
  • Participated in regional trade systems
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The Cahokia…

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  • Had a centralized government
  • lived in the Mississippi pi river valley
  • were farmers
  • 10-30 000 people
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The American Indians…

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  • developed distinct societies
  • were affected by their environments
  • used vast trading networks
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16
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Why did the Europeans seek out new trade routes?

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  • Asian trade routes were controlled by the muslims
17
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Define “Trading Post Empire”

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Controlling trade routes instead of territories or people.
forcing vessels to dock at your post and pay duties.

18
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Who built the first Trading Post Empire?

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Portugal in the Indian Ocean.

19
Q

Name new maritime tech:

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  • Updated astronomical charts
  • Smaller/faster ship designs
  • Latine sail
  • Stern-Post ruter
20
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What is the Colombian Exchange?

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The transfer of people, animals and diseases from the East to the West and the West to the East

21
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What foods were exchanged from the Americas to Europe?

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Potatoes
Tomatoes
Maize
Turkey

22
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What foods were exchanged from Europe to the Americas?

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Wheat
Rice
Soybeans
Cows
Pigs
Horses

23
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Most important European exchanges:

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  • People (Europeans)
  • People (Africans)
  • Disease
24
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Define Feudalism

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Peasants live/work on a noble’s land in exchange for the noble’s protection

25
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What effect did American wealth have on European society/econ.?

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Feudalism shifted into Capitalism

26
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What is a Joint-Stock company?

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A limited liability org. in which a plurality of investors pool their money to fund ventures

27
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What did the Spanish think could make them the most money?

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Agriculture

28
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What is the Encomienda System/

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  • Colonial labour system
  • the Spanish (encomenderos) enslaved native people to farm and mine in the Americas
29
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What were the problems with Encomienda?

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  1. Trouble keeping the natives under control
  2. Natives kept dying from Small Pox
30
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What was the solution to Encomienda problems?

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importation of African Slave labourers

31
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Why were Africans a better option for encomienda compared to natives?

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  • Did not know the geography
  • less likely to escape
  • more immune to European diseases
32
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How did the Spanish reorder South American society?

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  • introduced new social class system (casta system)
33
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What is the order of the casta system?

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  1. peninsulares (spanish born in Spain)
  2. Criollos (spanish born in Americas)
  3. Castas (mixed)
  4. Africans
  5. Native Americans
34
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define Mulattoe:

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mixed African and Spanish

35
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define mestizo:

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mixed Native and Spanish

36
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What did Spulveda argue?

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Natives are less than human and benefited from harsh labour conditions

37
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what did Las Casas believe?

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The Natives humanity was worthy of defence (persuaded king to end native slavery)

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