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New World Beginnings Vocabulary
Key Terms from Chapter 1
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11th Grade
09/04/2015

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Canadian Shield
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A zone secured by ancient rock, that most likelyis the first part of North American Landmass that was above sea level.
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Incas
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South American Indian Tribe that resided in the Andes Mountains before Spanish Conquest. Well known for terrace farming.
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Aztecs
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A member of the American Indian people who mostly resided in modern day mexico before the Spanish conquest in the 16th century
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Nation- States
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A monarch controlled state whose citizens are relatively homogeneous in factors common such as language or common descent
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Cahokia
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A settlement in present-day East St. Louis that was home to 25,000 Anasazi people.
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Three- Sister Farming
Definition
A farming technique where beans grow off the trellis of cornstalks, and squash covers the planting mounds to retain moisture.
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Middlemen
Definition
A person who buys goods from producers and sells them to retailers or consumers.
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Caravel
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A small but fast sailing ship designed by the Portuguese in the 15th century
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Plantation
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An estate on which crops a cultivated.
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Columbian Exchange
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Cultural and biological exchanges between the old world and the new world.
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Tordesillas Treaty of conquistadores
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A treaty where Spain secured its claim to Columbus' discovery
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Capitalism
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an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit rather than the state
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Encomienda
Definition
A grant given to a colonist in America giving the right to demand forced labor from the Indian inhabitants.
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Noche triste
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Night of Sorrows, occurring on June 30, 1520 when the Aztec attacked the Spanish
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Mestizos
Definition
People of mixed Indian and European
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Battle of Acoma
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The defining battle of the war between the Spanish expedition of OƱate and the native Pueblos of New Mexico
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Pope's Rebellion
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Indians get frustrated with the Spanish trying to convert them to Catholicism they burn the churches killing a number of Priests
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Black Legend
Definition
The misdeeds of the Spanish in the New World, forming false contempt for the conquerers.
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