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Period 1: 1491-1607 Flashcards

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mongolians who came to America 11,000 years ago

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Clovis

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crossed over the Bering Strait into America

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Clovis

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only evidence of first Americans

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archaeological

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before the Clovis, people migrated to South America using —-

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boats

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the Clovis likely —-ed other migrants

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eliminated

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8000 BCE to 3000 BCE

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Archaic Period

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during the Archaic Period, the first —- formed

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sedentary settlements

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pre-columbus South American civilization led by Pachacuti; created the largest empire in the Americas

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Incas

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pre-colbumus Meso-American civilization that developed sophisticated systems such as a written language

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Mayans

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pre-columbus Meso-Americans who came after the Mayans; human sacrifice was a large part of their religion

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Mexica (Aztec)

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island in central mexico establisted by the Mexica; greatest city in the Americas at the time

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Tenochtitlán

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Early American civilizations were still —- —- than civilizations on other continents

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technologically worse

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pre-columbus societies in the North were —- than those in the South

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smaller

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four locations of pre-columbus hunting, gathering, and fishing societies

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arctic circle, northern forests, northwest coast, far west

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pre-columbus agricultural tribes in the East used —- to gather food

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a variety of techniques

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region of sedentary pre-columbus tribes with the greatest food resources

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East

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region of sedentary pre-colmbus tribes that farmed corn and grains

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Great Plains

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region of sedentary pre-columbus tribes with large trading networks

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South

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region of more nomadic agricultural pre-colombus tribes

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North-East

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pre-columbus tribes in the North East

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used quick exploitative farming

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pre-columbus tribes East of Mississippi River

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loosely connected by linguistic roots

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In the last centuries before Columbus, Native Americans —-

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experienced an agricultural revolution

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how many regions of pre-columbus agricultural socities were there in america?

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5

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region of sedentary pre-columbus tribes with more elaborate settlements

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Southwest

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25
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after the black plague, due to the increase of affluence in Europe, interest in —- increased

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foriegn goods

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after the rise of commerce following the black plague, Europe changed from many small kingdoms into —-

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centralized nation-states

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led the first daring sea voyages; financed by Portugal

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Prince Henry

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leading maritime power in the 15th century

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Portugal

29
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what motivated Columbus aside from an interest in geography

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religion

30
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rulers of Spain’s new monarchy

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Ferdinand and Isabella

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in an attempt to demonstrate Spain’s strength, funded Columbus’s voyage

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Isabella

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devoted greater resources to maritime exploration; replaced Portugal as leading seafaring nation

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Spain

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came to the Americas after Columbus on a Portuguese exploration

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Amerigo Vespucci

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Spaniard who fought across Ithmus of Panama; first known European to gaze westward at the Pacific Ocean

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Vasco de Balboa

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known as most brutal spanish conquistador; led a military expedition into Mexico and overtook Aztecs with smallpox

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Cortés

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a wave of conquistadors came to america in hopes of obtaining —-

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silver

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spanish-american mines had —-

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large yields of silver and gold

38
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the wealthiest nation for a time, after they obtained the abundence of gold and silver in american mines

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Spain

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Spain abided by the Church’s wishes and —- in their new territories

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required Catholocism

40
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conquistador who led a fruitless expedition; first white man to cross Mississippi River

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Hernado de Soto

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conquistador; conquered Peru; revealed to Europeans the wealth of the incas

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Franciso Pizarro

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conquistador; led fruitless expedition in modern-day New Mexico

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Francisco Coronado

43
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conquistadors —- native populations in some areas

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almost exterminated

44
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—- usually accompanied missions

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military garrisons

45
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spanish fort, first permanent European settlement in what is now the US, established 1565

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St. Augustine, Florida

46
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licenses to exact labor and tribute from natives

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encomiendas

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led colonizing venture North from mexico in 1598; claimed some of the Pueblo’s land and established Santa Fe; distributed encomiendas to Spanish settlers of the colony

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Oñate

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at Santa Fe, Oñate’s harsh treatment of the natives —-

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threatened the colony’s stability

49
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result of instability and religious supression from spanish settlers at Santa Fe

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Pueblo Revolt of 1680

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the Pueblo —- in the Pueblo Revolt of 1680

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captured Santa Fe

50
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after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, the Spanish and Peublo —-

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slowly grew closer

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Spain imposed —- on trade with its American colonies

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regid restrictions

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the economic development of Spanish colonies in the americas was stifled because making —- profitable was never a priority

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commerce

53
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the Spanish didn’t —- their colonies like other European countries did

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people

54
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years of period one

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1491-1607

55
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principal source of labor for Europeans

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native americans

56
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the home of most African slaves

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Guinea (West Africa)

57
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native americans —- european culture (language, religion) with their own

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combined

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because the overwhelming majority of Europeans living in the americas were men, —- became frequent

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intermarriage

59
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due to frequent intermarraige, Spanish colonies in the americas became dominated by people of —-

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mixed race

60
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the racial categories of Spanish colonies in americas became more —- as a result of intermarriage

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fluid

61
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— are usually matrilineal, political power is divided by gender, and slavery was practiced but more humanely

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african socities

62
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demand for —- from west africa drastically increased in 16th century

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slaves

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