A specific sector or group within a human population defined by shared traits such as age, gender, or income.

A Spanish or Portuguese soldier and explorer who conquered new territories, especially in the Americas during the 1500s

An economic system where private individuals or businesses own the means of production and operate them for profit.

A historical Spanish colonial system that granted settlers the legal right to demand forced labor and tribute from Indigenous peoples.

A person of mixed European (specifically Spanish or Portuguese) and Indigenous American ancestry.

An informal term for the Pleistocene Epoch, a major geological period of recurring widespread glaciation and severe cold.

Was the largest and most influential pre-Columbian Native American city north of Mexico.

The magnificent capital city of the Aztec Empire, built on an island in Lake Texcoco in 1325.

A member of a Christian religious order in the Roman catholic Church founded by St. Francis of Assisi in 1209.

Treaty of Tordesillas

A 1494 agreement between Spain & Portugal that divided newly discovered lands outside of Europe along an imaginary line in the Atlantic.

The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 or Popes Rebellion

A successful uprising of Indigenous Pueblo people against the Spanish colonies in present-day New Mexico.

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Chapter 1

Unit 1: Founding the New Nation (33 BCE - 1783 CE)

Term	Definition
Demographic	A specific sector or group within a human population defined by shared traits such as age, gender, or income.
Conquistador	A Spanish or Portuguese soldier and explorer who conquered new territories, especially in the Americas during the 1500s
Capitalism	An economic system where private individuals or businesses own the means of production and operate them for profit.
Encomienda	A historical Spanish colonial system that granted settlers the legal right to demand forced labor and tribute from Indigenous peoples.
Mestizo	A person of mixed European (specifically Spanish or Portuguese) and Indigenous American ancestry.
Great Ice Age	An informal term for the Pleistocene Epoch, a major geological period of recurring widespread glaciation and severe cold.
Maize	Also widely known as corn
Cahokia	Was the largest and most influential pre-Columbian Native American city north of Mexico.
Tenochtitlan	The magnificent capital city of the Aztec Empire, built on an island in Lake Texcoco in 1325.
Franciscans	A member of a Christian religious order in the Roman catholic Church founded by St. Francis of Assisi in 1209.
Treaty of Tordesillas	A 1494 agreement between Spain & Portugal that divided newly discovered lands outside of Europe along an imaginary line in the Atlantic.
The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 or Popes Rebellion	A successful uprising of Indigenous Pueblo people against the Spanish colonies in present-day New Mexico.

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