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AP US chp 1
Chp. 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Native Americans; land bridge | the first people to live in North America; crossed over this from asia into North America |
| Sioux; pawnee; pueblo; adena; hopewell; mississippian; iroquois | the groups of people living in North America (indians) from the moe northern part |
| Mayas; Incas; Aztecs | southern Native Americans |
| Renaissance | a time period in Europe characterized by the rebirth of classical learning and an outburst of artistic and scientific activity |
| technology; compass; printing press | **** change increased in the Renaissance; this invention was adopted by the Chinese from the Arabs and was used to navigate the seas; this invention aided to the spread of knowledge across Europe |
| Spain; Moors | this country was partly conquered by this group of Muslims during the middle ages |
| Ferdinand and Isabella | when these two united their Christian kingdoms; they completely drove the moors out in 1492...good for catholicism |
| Protestant Reformation | this revolt took place during the early 1500's when certain christians in Germany, England, France, Holland, and othe rnorthern europeans countries revolted against the authority of the Pope in Rome |
| trade | european motives for exploration grew out of a fierce competition among European kingdoms for increased *** with Africa, India, and China |
| Portugal | this countries voyages by Prince henry the navigator succeeded in opening up a long sea route around South Africa's Cape of Good Hope |
| Henry the Navigator | succeeded in opening up a long sea route around South Africa's Cape of Good Hope |
| nation-states | a country in which the majority of the people share both a commmon culture and common political loyalties toward a central government |
| Christopher Columbus | this man, after gaining financial backing from Ferdianand and isabella of Spain, discovered parts of North America, believing he had found a route to Asia |
| New World | North America |
| Amerigo Vespucci | an italian sailor who was named for the land Columbus supposedly discovered |
| papal line of demarcation | the line that was divided between the New World territories belonging to the Portugese and the Spanish; decided by the Pope |
| Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) | this treaty moved the papal line of demarcation a few degrees to the west, increasing portugese territory (portigual had brazil and spain had the rest of the Americas |
| Vasco nunez de Balboa | journeyed across the Isthmus of panama to the pacific ocean |
| Ferdinand Magellan | his ships circumnavigated the world |
| Hernan Cortes | this explorer conquered the aztecs of Mexico |
| Francisco Pizarro | secured SPain's initial supremacy in the New World |
| conquistadores | the conquerors whom Spain owed its power in the New World to |
| encomienda system | the king of Spain gave grants and Indians to individual Spaniards |
| asiento system | after the Native American slave population was depleted, the Spanish brought slaves from West Africa to the New World under this system; the Spanish were required to pay a tax to their king on each slave they imported to the Americas |
| John Cabot | an italian sea captain under the contract of England's King Henry VII; explored the coast of Newfoundland in 1497 |
| Giovanni de Verrazano | the french monarchy first showed interest in exploration in 1524 when it sponsored a voyage by the Italian navigator named *** |
| Jacques Cartier | French claims to North American territory were based on the voyages of this man, who explored the St. lawrence river extensively |
| Samuel de Champlain | this French man established the first permanent French settlement in America at Quebec, a fortified village on the St. Lawrence river |
| Father Jacques Marquette | along with Louis Jolliet, this man explored the upper mississipi river |
| Robert de la Salle | in 1682, this man explored the mississippi basin, which he named Louisiana |
| Henry Hudson | hired by the Dutch government, this man sailed up a broad river, which was an expedition that established dutch claims to the surrounding area that would become New Amstredam |
| joint-stock company | these pooled the savings of people of moderate income used to suport trading ventures that seemed profitable |
| Father Junipero Serra | (blank) |
| Virginia Company; Jamestown | a joint-stock company that established this town; this town established the first permanent english colony in America in 1607 |
| Captain John Smith | helped Jamestown to survive through his forceful leadership |
| John Rolfe; Pocahontas | established a tobacco industry that saved Jamestown, married his Indian wife named *** developed this new kind of tobacco, which became very popular in England and brought prosperity to the colony |
| royal colony | a colony under the direct rule of a king; Jamestown turned into this after the Virginia company had its charter revoked in 1624 and King James 1st took over |
| Puritans | this group of protestants wanted to "purify" the Church of England from catholic influences |
| Plymouth colony | the pilgrims established a new colony here, because they were separatists who were not pleased with simply changing the church of england, so they completely moved away to the New World to set up a new haven where they could practice their protestant ways |
| Separatists | those who did not simply want to reform the Church of England, but completely separate and form a new religion |
| pilgrims | separatists who migrated to North America to flee religious persecution, and sailed upon the Mayflower to the New lands |
| Mayflower; Mayflower Compact | the pilgrims set sail for the new world upon this ship; this document was the first form of a written constituition, representing a degree of self government as well as establishing the powers and duties of a government |
| Massachusetts Bay Colony | a group of non-separatist puritans gained a royal charter for a new colonizing venture, and made this colony |
| John Winthrop | led about 1000 puritans to Massachusetts and founded Boston as well as other towns |
| Great Migration | this movement was due to a civil war in england, causing some 15000 puritans to settle in the Massachusetts bay colony |
| Virginia House of Burgesses | organized by the Virginia company, was the first representative assembly in America |
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