A religious judicial institution designed to find and eliminate beliefs that did not align with official Catholic practices. The Spanish Inquisition was the 1st established in 1478.

People who established large cities on the Yucatan peninsula with strong irrigation & agricultural techniques. This civilization was strongest between 300 & 800 C.E.

People who travel to foreign lands with the goal of converting those they meet and interact with to a new religion.

System established by the Spanish in 1573 in which missionaries, rather than soldiers, directed all new settlements in the Americas.

American Indian peoples who lived in present-day New Mexico and Arizona and built permanent multi-story adobe dwellings.

The cultural and intellectual flowering that began in fifteenth-century Italy and then spread north throughout the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. During this time, European rulers pushed for greater political unification of their states.

A legal document issued by the Spanish crown in 1513 to justify the Spanish conquest of territory in the Americas.

A system developed by the Spanish in the sixteenth century that defined the status of diverse populations based on a racial heirarchy that privilaged Europeans.

Crops that are frequntly planted and eaten, and therefore a central part of one's diet.

Capital city of the Aztec Empire

The exchange of goods or services in return for protection, frequently used as a method of control or exploitation in colonies and territories.

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APUSH Chapter1 Vocab

Stacy/Ellington, Fabric of a Nation 1E-Chapter 1 Terms 14-25

Term	Definition
Inquisition	A religious judicial institution designed to find and eliminate beliefs that did not align with official Catholic practices. The Spanish Inquisition was the 1st established in 1478.
mariners	A term for sailors.
Maya	People who established large cities on the Yucatan peninsula with strong irrigation & agricultural techniques. This civilization was strongest between 300 & 800 C.E.
missionaries	People who travel to foreign lands with the goal of converting those they meet and interact with to a new religion.
mission system	System established by the Spanish in 1573 in which missionaries, rather than soldiers, directed all new settlements in the Americas.
Pueblo	American Indian peoples who lived in present-day New Mexico and Arizona and built permanent multi-story adobe dwellings.
Renaissance	The cultural and intellectual flowering that began in fifteenth-century Italy and then spread north throughout the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. During this time, European rulers pushed for greater political unification of their states.
requerimiento	A legal document issued by the Spanish crown in 1513 to justify the Spanish conquest of territory in the Americas.
Spanish Caste System	A system developed by the Spanish in the sixteenth century that defined the status of diverse populations based on a racial heirarchy that privilaged Europeans.
staple crops	Crops that are frequntly planted and eaten, and therefore a central part of one's diet.
Tenochtitlan	Capital city of the Aztec Empire
tribute	The exchange of goods or services in return for protection, frequently used as a method of control or exploitation in colonies and territories.

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