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APUSH test 1/2
test 9/28
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History
10th Grade
09/25/2011

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Term
NAME THAT PERSON:
Coronado
Definition
Saw Grand Canyon, lots of buffalo. Wanted gold, got adobe
Term
NAME THAT PERSON:
Cabrillo
Definition
Came to CA, didn't see much
Term
NATION-STATE
Definition
The form of political society that combines centralized with a high degree of ethnic and cultural unity
Term
middlemen
Definition
in trading systems, those dealers and who operate between the original buyers and the retail merchants who sell to consumers
Term
ecosystems
Definition
a naturally evolved network of relations among organisms in a stable environment
Term
capitalism
Definition
an economic system characterized by private property, generally free trade, and open and accessible markets
Term
Name two important men of the Protestant Reformation
Definition
Luther
Calvin
Term
How many years of recorded western history are there?
Definition
6,000
Term
What was the first land mass to rise above sea level?
Definition
Canadian Shield
Term
When was the Ice Age?
Definition
2 million years ago -->10,000 years ago
Term
The Great Salt Lake is all that is left of this river
Definition
Bonneville
Term
What was the land bridge from Asia called?
Definition
Bering isthmus
Term
What did N.A.s live on?
Definition
maize
Term
What did maize for hunter-gatherer societies?
Definition
made them into settled agricultural villages
Term
What is one reason that the N.A.s were so easily subdued by the Europeans?
Definition
Populations not very dense
Term
What is the term for the N.A.s growing beans, corn, and squash?
Definition
three sister farming
Term
Who was the leader of a N.A. family?
Definition
mother
Term
What did the N.A.s sometimes do to help w/ hunting?
Definition
burn forests
Term
What N.A. tribe had a sophisticated military alliance that made an approximation of the nation state of Mexico?
Definition
Iroquois
Term
Who was the leader of the Iroquois?
Definition
Hiawatha
Term
These people designed this special kind of ship to deal with harsh African winds
Definition
Portugese, carvel
Term
NAME THAT PERSON:
Bartholomeu Dias
Definition
Reached the tip of Africa
Term
NAME THAT PERSON:
Vasco Da Gama
Definition
Reached India
Term
What two elements helped propel explorations?
Definition
Renaissance optimism, compasses
Term
What plant did Europeans especially use from the New World
Definition
potatoes
Term
What did N.A.s very much like from the Europeans?
Definition
horses
Term
What plant did Europeans bring to the New World?
Definition
Sugar cane
Term
NAME THAT PERSON:
Vasco Nunez Balboa
Definition
Discovered the Pacific Ocean
Term
NAME THAT PERSON:
Ferdinand Magellan
Definition
Made first circumnavigation
Term
NAME THAT PERSON:
Juan Ponce de Leon
Definition
Made it to Florida
Term
NAME THAT PERSON:
Hernado de Soto
Definition
wanted gold, tortured natives
Term
NAME THAT PERSON:
Francisco Pizarro
Definition
crushed the incas, got silver fromm Potosi
Term
Where was the "laboratory" for military techniques for the Europeans?
Definition
West Indies
Term
Who was the "traitor"/translator for Hernan Cortes?
Definition
Malinche/Dona Marina
Term
How did Cortes beat the Aztecs?
Definition
-Got Indian tribes that were mad at Aztecs
-Burned ships
-Moctezuma let him in thinking he was Quetzalcoatl
-Fight on noche triste
Term
Who did the English send over to the new world?
Definition
Giovanni Caboto!!!
Term
Who did the French send to the new world?
Definition
Jaques Cartier and Verrazano
Term
NAME THAT PERSON:
Don Juan de Onate
Definition
-journeyed further into America
-cut off foot of everyone in Battle of Acorna
Term
What is the name of the rebellion in which Pueblo rebels destroyed Catholic churches, killed Spanish settlers, and built a kiva?
Definition
Pope's Rebellion
Term
What was the myth (well, it wasn't really a myth) that all Europeans came and gave all of the N.A.s smallpox and enslaved them?
Definition
The Black Legend
Term
matrilineal
Definition
the form of society in which family line, power, and wealth are passed primarily through the female side
Term
confederacy
Definition
an alliance or league of nations looser than a federation
Term
primeval
Definition
concerning the earliest origin of things
Term
saga
Definition
a lengthy story or poem recounting the great deeds and adventures of a people and their heroes
Term
caravel
Definition
a small vessel with a high deck and three triangular sails
Term
plantation
Definition
a large-scale agricultural enterprise growing commercial crops and usually employing coerced or slave labor
Term
demographic
Definition
concerning the general characteristics of a given population, including such factors as numbers, age, gender, birth and death rates, and so on
Term
conquistador
Definition
a Spanish conqueror or adventurer in the Americas
Term
encomienda
Definition
the spanish labor system in which persons were held to unpaid service under the permanent control of their masters, though not legally owned by them
Term
mestizo
Definition
a person of mixed European and NA ancestry
Term
province
Definition
a medium-sized subunit of territory and governmental administration w/in a larger nation or empire
Term
Name Henry's wives in order
Definition
Catharine of Aragon
Ann Boleyn
Jane Seymour
Anne of Cleves
Catherine Howard
Catherine Parr
Term
Name Henry VII's children and their mothers
Definition
Catherine of Aragon - Mary Tudor
Anne Boleynn - Elizabeth
Jane Seymour - Edward
Term
which wife was made Henry's sister?
Definition
Anne of Cleves (Protestant)
Term
which wife thought Henry was ugly?
Definition
Catherine Howard
Term
All of Henry's children were..."bloody." How was each child so?
Definition
Edward murdered Catholics, Mary Tudor murdered Protestants, and Elizabeth murdered Catholics
Term
Who was Mary Tudor's husband?
Definition
King Philip II of Spain (who later pursued Elizabeth as well)
Term
although Elizabeth stabilized England, what remained a huge problem?
How did they fix this?
Definition
-THEY WERE BANKRUPT
-them sea dogs did the trick (AKA "privateers")
Term
why did Elizabeth reject Philip's advances?
Definition
to ensure religious stability
Term
what country allied with spain to beat england, only to be treated as savages by the english later?
Definition
Ireland
Term
nationalism
Definition
fervent belief and loyalty given to the political unit of the nation state
Term
primogeniture
Definition
the legal principle that the oldest son inherits all family property or land
Term
joint-stock companies
Definition
an economic arrangement by which a number of investors pool their capital for investment
Term
charter
Definition
a legal document granted by a government to some group or agency to implement a stated purpose, and spelling out the attending rights and obligations
Term
census
Definition
an official count of population, often also including other information about the population.
Term
feudal
Definition
concerning the decentralized medieval social system of personal obligations between rulers and ruled
Term
indentured servant
Definition
a poor person obligated to a fixed term of unpaid labor, often in exchange for a benefit such as transportation, protection, or training
Term
toleration
Definition
originally, religious freedom granted by an established church to a religious minority
Term
squatters
Definition
a frontier farmer who illegally occupied land owned by others or not yet officially opened for settlement.
Term
buffer
Definition
in politics, a small territory or state between two larger, antagonistic powers and intended to minimize the possibility of conflict between them
Term
melting pot
Definition
popular American term for an ethnically diverse population that is presumed to be "melting" toward some eventual commonality
Term
Name the spanish primitive outpost in north America
Definition
santa fe
Term
Name the french primitive outpost in north America
Definition
quebec
Term
Name the english primitive outpost in north America
Definition
jamestown
Term
This made English colonization lag behind the spanish
Definition
religious conflict
Term
Who was the religious conflict in England between?
Definition
Protestants and Catholics
Term
NAME THAT MAN
Sir Francis Drake
Definition
-privateer
-sailed around the globe
-brought profits of 4600%
-knighted by Elizabeth
Term
NAME THAT MAN
Sir Humphrey Gilbert
Definition
-tried to colonize Newfoundland
-died at sea
Term
NAME THAT MAN
Sir Walter Raleigh
Definition
founded Roanoke Island
Term
When King Philip II invaded England with the "invincible" ______, he lost to the ______ and _____
Definition
-Spanish Armada
-smaller ships
-"Protestant Wind"
Term
After the defeat of the Spanish, the English had what in common with Spain's early colonizing characteristics?
Definition
Religious unity under a great monarchy
Term
During the English depression, this forced many farmers into begging
Definition
enclosure
(" the process which ends traditional rights such as mowing meadows for hay, or grazing livestock on common land")
Term
These two English groups were looking to colonize due to poor economic events
Definition
-younger sons
-beggar farmers
Term
-this joint-stock company received a charter to colonize from James I

-what did it guarantee to colonizers?
Definition
-The Virginia Company of London
-equal rights as Englishmen
Term
IN WHAT YEAR WAS JAMESTOWN FOUNDED????
Definition
1607
Term
What were James I's orders for finding a place to settle?
Definition
-find a place that's easily defensible
-find a place that's good for easy unloading of ships
-create good relations with the Indians
Term
NAME THAT MAN
Lord Baltimore
Definition
-founder of Maryland
-planted Catholic rleatives, colonists looking for land in Chesapeake region when Protestants and Catholics lost and the Baltimore family lost proprietary rights
Term
Maryland passed this, which guaranteed equal rights to everyone who did NOT deny the divinity of Jesus
Definition
Act of Toleration
Term
What elements weakened the Spanish so that the English were able to conquer some West Indie land for itself
Definition
-overextended military
-rebellious Dutch settlers
Term
__________ was to the West Indies as tobacco was to the colonies
Definition
sugar cane
Term
In THIS PLACE, slaves outnumbered settlers 4:1
Definition
West Indies
Term
name the slave code that started elsewhere but came to be used throughout the colonies
Definition
Barbados slave code (1661)
Term
These two Indian tribes were composed of extinct tribes
Definition
Iroquois, Catawbas
Term
What led to more N.A./N.A warfare after the colonists arrived?
Definition
The NAs liked the European stuff, especially their weapons
Term
NAME THAT MAN
John Rolfe
Definition
-improved upon tobacco to cause a tobacco rush
-sealed peace agreement of first anglo-powhatan war by marrying Pocahantas
Term
What did the tobacco rush cause?
Definition
colonists wanted more land
Term
major events of 1619?
Definition
-House of Burgesses
-shipload of women
-africans brought over
-VA made a royal colony
Term
NAME THAT MAN
John Smith
Definition
Told Jamestown settlers:
"No work? No food!"
-kidnapped by Powhatan, saved by Pocahantas
Term
NAME THAT MAN
Lord De La Warr
Definition
-stopped colonizers from leaving Jamestown
-imposed harsh rule
-used brutal "Irish tactics" in the first Anglo-Powhatan War
Term
who initiated the second anglo-powhatan war, and who won?
What did the peace treaty do?
Definition
Powhatans - started it
English - won
the peace treaty destroyed hopes of assimilating cultures, and the Powhatans became extinct
Term
What were the names of the 3 ships headed for roanoke?
Definition
Susan Constant, Godspeed, Discovery
Term
Give a summary of the civil war in England that disrupted colonizing of the Americas (not the religious disputes!)
Definition
-King Charles I dismissed Parliament in 1629
-called them back in 1640
-members beheaded Charles I, got Oliver Cromwell
-Then Charles II took over
Term
While civil war in England made colonization lag, the [period] caused a spike in empire building
Definition
Restoration
Term
V/F: The Lords Proprietors imported slaves from the West Indies
Definition
falsum. Actually, they did not like slaves in their colony
Term
V/F: The Lords Proprietors were Charles II's 8 court favorites that founded Georgia
Definition
ALMOST verum, but they founded Carolina
Term
V/F: Carolinians were determined to "thin" the savannas.
Definition
verum
Term
______became the staple crop in Carolina
Definition
rice
Term
the demand for rice in carolina led to what?
Definition
demand for experienced rice growing slaves and those immune to malaria (ie Africans)
Term
NAME THAT COLONY:
"a vale of humility between two mountains of authority"
Definition
North Carolina
Term
The Tuscarora Indians were beat by the ______
Definition
North Carolina settlers
Term
The Yamasee Indians were beat by the ____
Definition
South Carolina settlers
Term
What were the 3 lasting Indian tribes after the southern colonies were formed?
Definition
-Iroquois
-Cherokees
-Creeks
Term
What was the last of the 13 colonies to be made?
Definition
Georgia
Term
What colony was formed as a buffer between the English and spanish?
Definition
Georgia!
Term
Who founded Georgia?
Definition
James Oglethorpe
Term
What did Georgia export?
Definition
silk and wine
Term
this colony was the only one to receive monetary subsidies from England
Definition
Georgia
Term
While Georgia was considered a melting pot, there was one group of people not included. Who were they?
Definition
Catholics
Term
What were the Iroquois made up of?
Definition
-Mohawks
-Oneidas
-Onondagas
-Cayugas
Term
Who were the founderS of the Iroquois?
Definition
-Deganawida
-Hiawatha
Term
Define; longhouse
Definition
housed maternal Iroquois family
Term
Define: handsome lake
Definition
man who told people to forsake alcohol, affirm old family customs, and return to old Iroquois values (Longhouse religion)
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