The American Yawp - Chapter 1 Vocab Flashcards
Key terms, figures, and events
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Columbian Exchange
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The arrival of Europeans and the resulting global exchange of people, animals, plants, and microbes
2
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Three Sisters
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Corn, squash, and beans
3
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Matrilineal
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Family and clan identity proceeded along the female line, through mothers and daughters, rather than fathers and sons
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Cahokia
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The largest Missipian settlement 1,000 years ago
Located east of modern-day St. Louis and peaked at a population of about 10,000 - 30,000, rivaling contemporary European cities in size.
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Native American slavery
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- It was not based on holding people as property; it was understood that the enslaved as people lacked kinship networks.
- It was not always a permanent condition. Very often, a formerly enslaved person could become a member of the community.
- Adoption or marriage allowed an enslaved person to enter a kinship network and join the community.
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Kinship
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- Most people lived in small communities tied by kinship networks
7
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Crusades
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8
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Polach
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9
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Reconquista
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10
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Sugar cultivation
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11
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Christopher Colombus
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12
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Encomienda
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13
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Bartolomé de Las Casas
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14
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Tenochtitlán
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15
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Aztecs
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