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APUSH Ch 1 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Beringia | an ancient land bridge linking Asia and North America |
| Black Death | two strains of the bubonic plague that simultaneously swept Europe killing nearly half the population |
| chasquis | Incan relay runners used to send messages over great distances |
| chattel slavery | a system of servitude in which people are treated as personal property to be bought and sold |
| chinampas | floating Aztec Gardens consisting of a large barge woven from reeds filled with dirt that allows for irrigation |
| Crusades | a series of military expeditions made by Christian Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims in the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries. |
| fuedal society | a social arrangement in which serfs & knights provided labor and military service to noble lords, recieving protection and land use in return. |
| inquisition | a campaign by the Catholic church to root out heresy especially among converted jews and muslims |
| Koran | the sacrad book of Islam, written by prophet Muhammed in the seventh century |
| matriarchy | a society in which women have political power |
| mita | the Incan labor tax, with each family donating time and work to communal projects |
| polygamy | the practice of taking multiple wives |
| quipu | an ancient incan device for recording information, consisting of variously colored threads knotted in different ways |
| reconquista | Spain's nearly 800 yr. holy war against Islam which ended in 1492 |
| serf | a peasant tied to the land and its lord |
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