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APUSH Period 1 People, Places, Terms, Events
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- 1TributesThe practice of collecting goods from conquered peoples. The Aztecs and Incas relied on systems of _____ before they were conquered by Spain
- 2CahokiaMajor Native American city in modern US. Located in fertile bottomlands of Mississippi River. Already abandoned when Europeans arrived.
- 3ChiefdomOne individual claims pre-eminent power in a community. Paramount _____ are when numerous communities with their own local chiefs banded together under a single, more powerful ruler
- 4Matriarchal SocietyPower Inherited through Female Lines of Authority
- 5AnimismSpiritual Beliefs that center on the natural world.
- 6PatriarchiesProperty and Social Identity descended in male family lines.
- 7MoctezumaAztec King at time of conquering
- 8Hernan CortesSpanish Explorer who conquered Aztecs
- 9Francisco PizarroSpanish explorer who conquered Incas
- 10Chattel SlaveryA system of bondage in which a sale has the legal status of property and so can be bought and sold like propetry.
- 11EncomiendaGrant of Indian labor to prominent men. Extracted tribute from these Indians in exchange for granting them protection and Christian instruction
- 12House of BurgessesOrgan of government in colonial Virginia made up of an assembly or representative elected by the colony's inhabitants
- 13Royal ColonyColony chartered by the Crown.
- 14FreeholdsLand owned in its entirety, without feudal dues or land-lord obligations.
- 15Headright SystemA system of land distribution, pioneered in Virginia and used in several other colonies, that granted land to anyone who paid the passage of a new arrival. By this means, large planters amassed huge landholdings as they imported large numbers of servants and slaves
- 16Indentured ServitudeWorkers contracted for service for a specified period.d In exchange for agreeing to work for four or five years without wages, _______ received free passage across the Atlantic, room and board, and status as a free person at the end of the contract period
- 17PilgrimsOne of the first Protestant groups to come to America. Seeking separation from Church of England. Founded Plymouth.
- 18Joint-Stock CorporationA financial organization that facilitated the colonization of North America. A number of investors pooled their capital and received shares of a stock in the enterprise in proportion to the share of their total investment
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