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Ch 1
The Atlantic World
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History
10th Grade
08/14/2012

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Migration
Definition
movement of a people to a new place
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Kinship
Definition
family relationships
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Clan
Definition
a group of families who are all descended from a common ancestor
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Oral History
Definition
traditions passed from one generation to another by word of mouth
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Barter
Definition
trade
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Feudalism
Definition
a political and economic system that has a powerful noble/lord who divides his landholdings to lesser lords, who in turn owe him military service and other favors
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Lineage
Definition
kinship groups that trace their line of origin to a common ancestor
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Columbian Exchange
Definition

trans-Atlantic trade that was launched by Columbus's journeys

resulted in new foods, cultures and technologies

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Plantation
Definition
large farming operations that produced crops for sale, not personal use
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Cash Crop
Definition
crops planted for making money, not personal use - sugar and pineapples are early examples
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Treaty of Tordesillas
Definition
Portugal and Spain divided all lands on Earth not already claimed by other Christians
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Renaissance
Definition
Era of European history that extended from the 1300s to the 1500s meaning a "rebirth" and change
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Reformation
Definition
Revolt aginst the Catholic church that began in 1517
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Monarch
Definition
One who rules over a state, territory or kingdom
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