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The Americas
Pre-and-Post Colonization
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the name of the land connecting Asia and North America? | Beringia |
| What is the gradual shift from hunting and gathering to cultivating basic food crops? | Agricultural Revolution |
| What were the name of the Indians who went to the governor to talk with him about the murders in the English colony? | Wicomess |
| Who were the agressive warlike people who settled in the Valley of Mexico? | Aztecs |
| What was the name of the Aztec's ceremonial center? | Tenochtitlan |
| What were the name of the Indians who supplemented seasonal hunting and gathering with farming? | Eastern Woodland culture |
| What was the exchange of plants, animals, culture, and diseases between the Europeans and the Americas? | Columbian Exchange |
| What was the cultural awakening that began in Italy and spread throughout Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries? | The Renaissance |
| What were the Spanish explorers called who subdued the Native Americans and created the Spanish empire in the New World? | conquistadors |
| What was the name of the treaty that the pope created to settle the land dispute between Spain and Portugal? | Treaty of Tordesillas |
| What was the encomienda created to do? | It was a system created by Spanish rulers to reward conquistadors and allow them to rule villages and native labor. |
| What was the Replacement of James II by William and Mary as monarchs in 1688 marking the beginning of constitutional monarchy in Britain? | Glorious Revolution |
| What was the business enterprise that enabled investors to pool money for commerical trading activity and funding for sustaining colonies? | joint-stock company |
| What was the elective representative assembly in colonial Virginia called? | House of Burgess |
| What was the system of land distribution called that distributed a 50 acre plot of land for each servant or dependant that came to the New World? | headright |
| What were the people called who were contracted to work for a master for a set number of years in return for a boat ride to America? | indentured servants |
| What was the agreement made aboard the Mayflower to create a civil government in the Plymouth Colony? | Mayflower Compact |
| What was the reformed Protestant sect called that insisted on removing Catholicism from popular religious practices? | Puritans |
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