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1. A new world of many cultures (1491-1607)
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- 1What's the Columbian Exchange?The exchange of (1) plants, (2) animals, and (3) diseases between the European settlers and the Native Americans.
- 2What's the Encomienda system?A Spanish labor regulation system applied to the Native Americans.
- 3What's the Asiento system?A Spanish system that brought slaves from Africa to America.
- 4How did immigrants first arrive to America and from where?From Asia, via a land bridge to the east of Asia, now submerged.
- 5Where and when were the Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas?Maya - 300-800 C.E., southern Mexico and on south. Aztecs - later, central Mexico. Incas - Peru and south America.
- 6Who were the Conquistadores?Spanish explorers and conquerors who sailed to the Americas and took over lands. These gave Spain a head start on the conquest of America.
- 7Who was Hernan Cotres?A conquistador who conquered the Aztec empire.
- 8Who was Francisco Pizarro?A conquistador who conquered the Inca empire.
- 9What are the New Laws of 1542?Laws regarding the rights of Native Americans that were set by the king of Spain as a result of Bartolome de Las Casas.
- 10What's Roanoke Island?The first British Colony in America, under Elizabeth 1st in the late 16th century. The colony didn't last.
- 11What enabled to cross the Atlantic ocean and explore beyond it? (3 causes)1. Technological advancement
2. Religion
3. Trade expansion - 12What were some technological advancements at the time?1. Compass
2. Gunpowder
3. Map making
4. Printing press - 13Who were Ferdinand and Isabella?Two monarchs that married and united their kingdoms into Spain. They were powerful and drove the Islam away.
- 14What is the Protestant Reformation?The decision of a few countries to counter the pop and leave Catholic Christianity.
- 15Who was Henry the Navigator?A Portuguese prince under whom the quickest route to Asia, through south of Africa, was discovered.
- 16What was Columbus's nationality and when did he arrive to America?Italian born explorer for the Spanish, arrived at 1492.
- 17What is the Line of Demarcation?The north-south line drawn by the pope to divide America between the Spanish and the Portuguese.
- 18What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?A treaty signed a year after the Line of Demarcation, a little to the west (with the same idea). This is how Portugal got Brazil.
- 19What is the Iroquois confederation?A confederation of five Native American tribes in North America.
- 20What are longhouses?A type of long building that were typical for the Iroquois confederation.
- 21Who is John Cabot?An Italian born explorer for the British who explored the coasts of Newfoundland and 1497.
- 22Who was Jacques Cartier?A french explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river extensively. (1534-1542)
- 23Who was Samuel de Champlain?The one who established the first permanent french settlement in 1608 at Quebec. His strong leadership won him the title "Father of new France".
- 24Who was Henry Hudson?An English navigator who sailed the Hudson river.
- 25What's the Valladolid debate?A debate held in the city of Valladolid, regarding the rights of Native Americans.
- 26Who was Juan Gines de Sepulveda?A Spanish proponent of Native American slavery, who opposed Las Casas at the Valladolid debate.
- 27Who was Bartolome de Las Casas?A Spanish priest who opposed Native American slavery.
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