Social Chapter Test (2.) Flashcards
Colony
an area settled and ruled the government of a distant island
Turning Point
a moment in history that marks a decisive change
to go completely around
Circumnavigate
transfer of people and products between Eastern and Western Hemisphere
Columbian Exchange
seafaring people from Scandinavia
Vikings
Pope Alexander the 6th set up. It ran from the North Pole to the South Pole
Line of Demarcation
moved the Line of Demarcation further West evening up the land distribution
Treaty of Tordesillas
Balboa
1510, he discovered the Pacific Ocean, he called it the South Sea
Magellan
Portuguese explorer but he sailed for Spain. In 1519, he was the first to circumnavigate the globe
Conquistador
Spanish conquerors. They gave ⅕ of their gold to the spanish crown
Anasazi villages
Pueblo
Spanish towns with fort military settlement
Presidio
Mission
spanish towns that were run by Spanish priests
upper class born in Spain, and had lots of land
Peninsulares
Creoles
the children born in America to Spanish parents.
Mestizos
mixed spanish and native americans
Pizzaro
conquistador, he destroys the Incan empire
Ponce De Leon
conquistador in 1513, he was looking for the “Fountain of Youth”, he never found it but he did discover St. Augustine in Florida. It was the first European settlement.
Coronado
conquistador, he was looking for the “Seven Cities of Gold”, he never found it but he did discover the Grand Canyon
Spanish priest who criticized the mistreatments of Indians. He founded Missions in Texas, and California.
Fr. De Las Casa
Mulattoes
Spanish and African American
Encomienda System
Spain granted to the Spaniards to come and settle in America.
a direct water route way up North, it was never found, but a lot of other things were found.
Northwest Passage
Coureur de bois
`French fur trappers, “runners of the woods”.
Alliance
an agreement between nations to aid and protect one another.
a legal document giving certain rights to a person or company
Charter
a representative to the colonial Virginia government
Burgess
a political system in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them
Representative Government
Bacon’s Rebellion
a 1676 revolt of Virginia colonists against the colony’s government
he spent a lot of time looking for the Northwest Passage. He was an Italian who explored England. Newfoundland and the Grand Banks
Cabot
Verrazzano
An Italian who sailed for France. He explored all the way from Nova Scotia to the Carolinas.
Cartier
explored St. Lawrence River and the Gulf of St. Lawrence (and Montreal)
Samuel de Champlain
he found New France and he established Quebec in Canada and Lake Champlain
Marquette and Joliet
explored the Mississippi River
he explored the Mount of the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico.
LaSalle
He purchased land from the Indians and called it New Amsterdam, He was the Dutch Governor
Peter Minuit
Sir Walter Raliegh
founded Roanoke #1 in 1585
John white
In 1587 Roanoke #2 is settled
Joint Stock Co.
investors bought stock in a company (part ownership) and received profits if it was successful.
John Rolfe
arrived with tobacco seeds and saved Jamestown
Great Council
Parliament
Mayflower
Pilgrim ship
Mayflower Compact
A document that 41 men had to sign before getting off the ship
Mercantilism
a nation’s power depends on its wealth
