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APUSH Vocal Test 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Canadian Shield | Mass of rocks in Northeastern America, thought to be part of first that emerged from sea. |
| Incas | Native American group in Peru with advanced agricultural practices. |
| Aztecs | Tribe in Mexico also with advanced agricultural practices. Diverse languages and cultures. |
| Nation-states | Large groups of people, dense population in one area. |
| three-sister farming | Corn, bean, and squash. Help each other grow and maintain one another's soil moisture. |
| middlemen | Connect producers of products with retailers, an example would be Muslims. |
| caravel | A ship that could sail against wind better than before. |
| plantation | Large-scale farming land made for mass-production of crops. |
| Columbian Exchange | Exchange occurring between the Americas, Europe, and Africa in late 1400s. For example the Americas exchanged corn, the old world exchanged wheat, and Africa, unwillingly, exchanged slave labor. (a large number of diseases were also exchanged. |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | Spain and Portugal divided lands between land beside Europe. established that Spain would get the west portion and Portugal would receive the east |
| encomienda | Technique that allowed the government to offer Indians colonist to christianize them. |
| noche triste | "sad night" Aztecs attacked Spanish because of their greediness |
| capitalism | Economic system which encourages free market, rather than government controlled trade, started in Europe |
| mestizos | Surviving Indians in Mexico with mixed Indian and European heritage |
| conquistadores | spanish conquerors. |
| Battle of Acomas | Battle in which the Spanish severed one foot of each surviving Indian, proclaiming the area "New Mexico" |
| Pope's rebellion | An Indian uprising. pueblo rebels destroyed churches in Santa Fe |
| Black Legend | inaccurate story that conquerors tortured, butchered, infected, and robbed Indians but left little misery |
| Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of castille | sponsored columbus expedition |
| Fransisco Coronado | discovered many sights, Grand Canyon |
| Fransisco pizzaro | conquered incas |
| bartolome de la casas | the first to expose the oppression of indigenous peoples by Europeans in the Americas call for abolition |
| hernan cortes | conquering the Aztecs and claiming Mexico on behalf of Spain |
| John cabot | discovered Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island on the North American coast |
| Robert de la saille | led an expedition down the Illinois and Mississippi rivers and claimed all the region watered by the Mississippi |
| father junipero sera | founded several Catholic missions to convert Native Americans in 18th-century California |
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