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APUSH UNIT 1 Chapter1
when worlds collide term list
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11th Grade
09/15/2012

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Incas
Definition
Peru, Andes Mts.Am, road builders, agriculture, stone mason, Machu Pichu
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Mayans
Definition
Yucatan Peninsula Mex., calendar, written language, agriculture
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Aztecs
Definition
Mexico, war-like, Tenochitlan, human sacrifice, sophisticated agriculture
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Cahokia
Definition
Large permanent settlement in NAs in North America, present day St. Louis,
1200 AD, complex mound works
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Algonquin
Definition
large Indian language family of eastern North America
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matrilineal
Definition
Through the mother's line-society makeup whereby women hold power and leadership
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Leif Ericson
Definition
Viking, set up settle in Newfoundland -
1000AD
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prince Henry the Navigator
Definition
Portuguese spurred exploration, especially in West Africa
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Bartholomeu Dias
Definition
Portuguese- sailed to tip of Africa
1486
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Vasco da Gama
Definition
Used water route around Africa to reach India 1497
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Pedro Cabral
Definition
Portuguese-blown off course- found coast of Brazil (South America)
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Christopher Columbus
Definition
Sailed for Spain, 4 voyages to the New World; religious Millennium
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Ferdinand Megellan
Definition
Spain- circumnavigated the globe or his crew did
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conquistador
Definition
Spanish explorers who conquered and claimed vast lands for their country
brutal
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Hernando Cortez
Definition
Conquered the Aztecs
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Fransisco Pizarro
Definition
Conquered Peru
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Hernando de Soto
Definition
Southern North America; first European to see Mississippi River
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Fransisco Coronado
Definition
Explored Mexico to New Mexico; laid claim to the area by means of exploration
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Treaty of Tordesillas
Definition
Treaty signed between Spain and Portugal in 1494; decided how Columbus's discoveries of the New World would be divided
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Ordinance of Discovery
Definition
third phase of Spanish Empire building;1. age of discovery
2. age of conquest 3. Ordinances of Discovery Banned the brutal conquest of #2--colonization ---led to establishment of European civilizations in the Americas
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Mission
Definition
primary purpose to convert natives
to Catholicism
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St. Augustine
Definition
first permanent European settlement
present day Florida U S) 1565
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Encomiendas
Definition
licenses to extract labor and
tribute from natives in a given
area to encourage colonization
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Juan de Onate
Definition
Settled in the present day state
of New Mexico-Pueblos harsh rule
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Pueblo Revolt of 1680
Definition
Puoeblos attempted to overthrow Spanish rule in the southwest
had been forced to work, pay
tribute, suffer torture, convert
to Catholicism- Pueblo ousted
Spanish (temporarily) from area,
captured Santa Fe, Spanish
eventually retake area-lesson
learned: can't have constan
conflict with NA and make money
for grow a colony
end of encomienda system
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New Mexico
Definition
Reasonable stable area owned
by Spain Modes size 4,000
population Santa Fe capital
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Gold, gold, glory
Definition
reasons for Spanish exploration
and conquest
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Columbian Exchange
Definition
name give to the biological an cultural exchange between the
coming together of 2 worlds
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mestizos
Definition
Mixed race people Spanish and
Indian; lower on the social
hierarchy than the Spanish
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Ghana and Mali
Definition
African civilizations, trade with
Mediterranean ivory, gold and
slaves; converts to Islam
Timbuktu major city center of
trade and education
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Benin, Congo, Songhay
Definition
southern African civilizations
trade woven fabrics, ceramic,
wood and iron goods
Term
African Slavery
Definition
Early 8th century; Limited in
time- not permanent, captured
in war, for punishment, or debt
right to marry; joined rest of
society upon release, children of
slaves were not slaves
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John Cabot
Definition
Early explorer in England;
northeastern coast of N Africa
Term
Enclosure movement
Definition
World demand for wool increased-
more sheep needed-more land needed
evict tenants form land to
raise sheep-landless tenants
unemployed-one motivation for
colonization in the new world
Term
Charter Company
Definition
official permission to form a
company given by the king;
company goal- to build wealth
for stockholders through trade
and later colonies
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mercantilism
Definition
economic concept; goal was to
increase nation's wealth, nations
could get rich only at the
expense of other countries;
gather colonies for resources
so country would not have to
buy from other nations
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Predestination
Definition
reformation idea by John
Calvin-Idea that God "elected"
some people to be saved and
condemned others to hell- people's
destination was determined
before birth, no one could change
that predetermined fate. A
person could only live a holy
life to possible learn his fate
Term
English Reformation
Definition
King Henry VII split with
Catholic church over divorce
began the Anglican Church
of England;King head of
church instead of Pope
Term
Puritans
Definition
those who believed the Church
of England did not go far
enough to cleanse itself from
the trappings of the Catholic
Church; they wanted to purify the
Anglican Church
Term
Puritan eperatists
Definition
Those who believed the Church of
England did not go far enough in
separating from the trapping of
the Catholic church;they did not
believe that the Church could
be "purified"
THey wanted to separate from
it completely
Term
Coureurs de bois
Definition
French fur trappers and traders
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Henry Hudson
Definition
explored for the Dutch
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New Amsterdam
Definition
Dutch colony (later)
New York
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Roanoke
Definition
1587-First English colony
in the New World
"Lost Colony"-"Croatoan"
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