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History to (Gage) 1
Give Me Liberty
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| maize | a crop that formed the basis of agriculture in the Western Hemisphere |
| Tenochtitlan | The capital city of the Aztec empire, in present-day Mexico |
| Cahokia | A city near present-day St. Louis that was a fortified community created by "mound builders, " which had a population between 10,000 and 30,000 in the year 1200 |
| Iroquois | An alliance of five peoples living in present-day New York and Pennsylvania - the Mohawk, Oneido, Cayuga, Seneca, and Onondaga - which formed a Great League of Peace |
| "Christian Liberty" | An idea common in Europe that freedom would come from abandoning the life of sin to embrace the teachings of Christ |
| Zheng He | A Chinese Admiral who led seven large naval expeditions in the Indian Ocean |
| caravel | A ship capable of long-distance travel |
| factories | Portugese fortified trading posts on the western coast of Africa |
| reconquista | The "reconquest" of Spain from the Moors by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella |
| Columbian Exchange | The transatlantic flow of goods and people that began with Columbus's voyages |
| peninsulares | Persons of European birth living in the colonies |
| mestizos | Spanish word for person of mixed Native American and European ancestry |
| encomienda system | A Spanish system under which the first settlers had been granted authority over conquered Indian lands with the right to extract forced labor from the native inhabitants |
| Black Legend | Idea that the Spanish New World empire was more oppressive toward the Indians than other European empires; was used as a justification for English imperial expansion |
| Pueblo Revolt | Uprising in 1680 in which Pueblo Indians temporarily drove Spanish colonists out of modern-day New Mexico. |
| Pope | A Pueblo Indian who became the main organizer of an uprising that aimed to drive the Spanish from their colony and restore the Indians' traditional autonomy. |
| Huguenots | French Protestant colonists in America |
| metis | Children of marriages between Indian women and French traders or officials |
| patroons | Shareholders who agreed to transport tenants for agricultural labor |
| wampum | A string of beads used by Indians in religious rituals and as currency |
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