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APUSH Chapter 1-New World Encounters
Vocabulary concerning the New World before and during exploration.
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History
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03/03/2013

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Agricultural Revolution
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shift from a purely hunter-gatherer lifestyle to cultivation of basic crops
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Columbian Exchange
Definition
widespread exchange of plants, animals, cultures, diseases, ideas, and human populations between the Old and New Worlds after the arrival of Columbus.
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Renaissance
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humanistic revival of art, science, and literature in 14th century Europe
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conquistador
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Spanish conqueror of New World in 16th and 17th centuries
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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(1494) Divided the world along a line located 270 leagues west of the Azores between Portugal and Spain
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encomienda system
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system of land grants by the Spanish crown that gave the right to the labor of the Indians on the land
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Historia de las Indias
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defense of Indian rights by Bartolomé de las Casas
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mestizos
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person of mixed European and Native American heritage in Spanish colonial America
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mulattos
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person of mixed European and African heritage in Spanish colonial America
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criollos
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people of Spanish heritage born in the Spanish colonies
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peninsulares
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natives of Spain living in the Spanish colonies
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Hernán Cortés
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Conquistador of the Aztecs in Mexico.
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