Summer test ch.1 Flashcards

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1
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Term to describe people who migrated from Asia to North America

A

Clovis people

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2
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Name of powerful empire of 6 million Native American people found in modern day Peru

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Incas

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3
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Once nomadic Native American tribe succeeded the Mayan people and In the late 13th century established a rule over Mexico

A

Aztecs.

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4
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What term means that people or a culture lived by cultivating the soul, producing crop and raising livestock

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Agriculture

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5
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Large Native American trading center near St. Louis

A

Cahokia

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6
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Name of language group of NA tribes located in new york

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Iroquois

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7
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Largest language group of Native American Indian tribe, lived along the Atlantic seaboard from Canada to Virginia

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Algonquin

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8
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Norse explorer glimpsed parts of North America, Newfoundland, discoveries never became common knowledge

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Leif eriskon

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9
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European. Traveler traveled to China and returned to Europe bearing exotic goods

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Marco Polo

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10
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Portuguese leader devoted life to the exploration of new routes to the far east around Africa

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Prince Henry the navigator

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11
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Explorer born and raised in Genoa believed could reach orient by sailing west across Atlantic rather than easy

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Christopher Columbus

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12
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Portuguese explorer discovered southern tip of South America

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Ferdinand magellan

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13
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1518, what Spanish gov official from Cuba led small military against Aztec empire

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Hernando Cortes

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14
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What deadly disease did the Spanish expose to the Aztecs

A

Smallpox

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15
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What religion sent many zealous missionaries to the NA people conquered by the Spanish empire

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Roman Catholic Church

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16
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Spanish term for conquerors

A

Conquistadors

17
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Spanish term for the large land grants given to Spanish explorers and colonizers

A

Enconmienda

18
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Roman Catholic friar fought for fair treatment of Native American people by Spanish

A

Bartoolome de las casas

19
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1565 Spanish established fort in Florida, name of small military outpost

A

St. Augustine

20
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1680, Native American religious leader led revolt

A

Popé

21
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Most domesticated animal Europeans introduced to the new world

A

Horses

22
Q

World religion west Africans were

A

Islam

22
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Most important crop European. Learned to grow from NA

A

Maize (corn)

23
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Term for person of mixed race in the Spanish colnies, mom NA, dad white

A

Mestizo

24
Q

European demanded for what labor intensive crop

A

Sugar

25
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Written document that grants or guarantees certain right franchise or pridleges to an individual from the king

A

Charter

26
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Exclusive ownership, control, or possession of a certain commodity

A

Monopoly

27
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Economic cone of that held the worlds wealth was finite, one person or nation could only grow rich at the expense of another

A

Mercantilism

28
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Religious movement, 1517 challenged the authority of the Roman Catholic Church and pope

A

Protestant reformation

29
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Swiss theologian rejected the church’s teachings tat human could affect an individual’s prospect

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John Calvin

30
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English queen finalized England break with the Roman Catholic Church, virgin queen

A

Queen Elisabeth 1

31
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Protestants, Massachusetts bay colony

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Puritans

32
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Protestants, Plymouth colony

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Separatists

33
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1585 first established English colony, unsuccessful

A

Roanoke

34
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First successful colony

A

Virginia

35
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1608, Frenchman founded first permanent French settlement in North America at Quebec

A

Samuel de champlain

36
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Roman Catholic order of priests worked very closely with the French government

A

The society of Jesus