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Chapter 1 of Preparing for the Advanced Placement Class

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show 50-70 million in Americas in the 1490's  
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Souix   show
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show Great Plains Native Americans  
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show Native American group that lived in the Southwest in multistoried buildings and developed intricate irrigation systems for farming  
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Adena   show
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Hopewell   show
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Iroquois   show
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show Great Majority lived in South and Central America; Mayas and Incas were largest groups  
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Renaissance   show
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Technology for Exploration   show
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show The country had been partly taken over by the Muslim invaders (Moors); Isabella and Ferdinand united their Christian kingdoms and kicked out the Muslims  
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Spanish Armada   show
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show Certain Christians in Germany, England, France, and Holland (among others) revolted against the authority of the pope in Rome. This led to a series of religious wars between the Protestants and Catholics. Added another incentive to exploration  
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Trade   show
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show Were the 1st to explore for a new trade route to Asia, around Africa  
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show Sponsored voyages of exploration. Helped in succeeding in opening a sea route around Africa.  
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show Country in which the majority of people share both a common culture and common political loyalties toward a central government. Monarch were gaining power in the 15th c. and building nation states.  
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Christopher Columbus   show
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show North and South America called this after it was discovered that Columbus hadn't reaches Asia.  
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show Italian sailor. 1st realized Columbus had discovered a "new" continent. Americas named after him.  
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show Vertical line drawn in 1493. Divided the world with Spain getting all lands to the west of the line. Portugal got all lands to the east.  
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show 1494 - Moved Papal Line of Demarcation a few degrees to the west.  
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa   show
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Ferdinand Magellan   show
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Hernan Cortes   show
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show Spanish - conquered the Incas in Peru.  
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show Explorers and conquerors from Spain who secured Spain's initial supremacy in the New World.  
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show The king of Spain gave grants of land and Native Americans to individual spa  
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Asiento System   show
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show Sailed for England - Explored the coast of Newfoundland in 1497.  
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Giovanni de Verrazano   show
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Jacques Cartier   show
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show Established first permanent French settlement in 1608 at Quebec. Regarded at "Father of New France"  
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show 1673 - Explored the upper Mississippi River for France.  
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Robert de la Salle   show
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show 1609 - Hired by Dutch to seek a northwest passage. Explored the Hudson River. Established Dutch claims to the area that would become New Amsterdam.  
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show Pooled the savings of people of moderate means and supported trading ventures that seemed potentially profitable.  
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show Founded 9 of the Franciscan missions on the California coast in the 1780's.  
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Virginia Company   show
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show Est. 1607 - 1st settlers suffered great hardships from indian attacks, famine, and disease. Located in a swampy area on the James River that bred dysentery and mylaria. Many settlers were gentlemen unaccustomed to work and others sought gold.  
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show Became leader of Jamestown and saved colony from demise. Forceful leader who made colonists work to plant food and build shelters.  
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John Rolfe   show
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show Colony under the control of a king or queen.  
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Puritans   show
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Plymouth Colony   show
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show A puritan who wanted to break away from the Chursh of England and form their own church.  
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