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Unit 1: 1491 - 1607 Flashcards

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What is reciprocity?

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The mutual bestowing of gifts and favors

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Who were the Paleo-Indians?

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The earliest Americans

Nomadic

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What are archaic people?

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Native Americans who flourished in new environments are the end of the Ice Age

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Where is Mesoamerica?

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Central and southern Mexico

Central America

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What are chiefdoms?

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A few elite dominate thousands of residents in tightly clustered cities

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What is Tethucan?

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Capital of the largest early state

100,000 people at height

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Where did the Maya live?

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Mexico

Honduras

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What are the Maya famous for?

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Calendar
Numbers
Writing

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What did the Aztec sacrifice?

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Humans

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Where did the Inca live?

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Andes mountains

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What made Inca farming successful?

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Terraced farming
Irrigation
Wide range of crops

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What are the Anasazi famous for?

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Disappearing

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When and were was Poverty Point?

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Lower Mississippi River

1200 BC

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What is the headright system?

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Every Virginian who pays their own way gets 50 acres

Every person you lay for gets you 50 more

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Indentured Servants are…..

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A person who has a 5-7 year contract to work to pay for their passage to Virginia

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Primary reasons for immigration?

Early settlers in Virginia

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Many were in debt in Europe
Protestant and Catholic conflicts
Land

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Why were freed indentured servants unhappy?

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  • Land was in back county
  • Native American threat
  • No females
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What happened in the house of Burgesses in 1670 that made indentured servants mad?

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They disenfranchised landless colonials

Meaning you needed land to vote

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Who was Governor William Berkley?

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The governor of Jamestown
Aristocrat
Monopolized fur trade (frontiersmen needed it, denied)

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Who was Nathaniel Bacon?

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Wealthy Virginan
Non-Indentured Servant
Kept out of Berkley’s inner circle

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What did Bacon’s rebellion do to Native Americans?

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Killed them all

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Where did William Berkley go during the rebellion?

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He fled

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Why did Bacon’s rebellion fail?

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Bacon died of Dysentery

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What were the results of Bacon’s Rebellion?

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  • Exposed resentment
  • Helped to end indentured servants
  • Upperclassmen look for other workers -> SLAVES

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