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Flashcards by Moshe Polak, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Moshe Polak
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| Question | Answer |
| What's the Columbian Exchange? | The exchange of (1) plants, (2) animals, and (3) diseases between the European settlers and the Native Americans. |
| What's the Encomienda system? | A Spanish labor regulation system applied to the Native Americans. |
| What's the Asiento system? | A Spanish system that brought slaves from Africa to America. |
| How did immigrants first arrive to America and from where? | From Asia, via a land bridge to the east of Asia, now submerged. |
| Where 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. |
| Who 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. |
| Who was Hernan Cotres? | A conquistador who conquered the Aztec empire. |
| Who was Francisco Pizarro? | A conquistador who conquered the Inca empire. |
| What 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. |
| What's Roanoke Island? | The first British Colony in America, under Elizabeth 1st in the late 16th century. The colony didn't last. |
| What enabled to cross the Atlantic ocean and explore beyond it? (3 causes) | 1. Technological advancement 2. Religion 3. Trade expansion |
| What were some technological advancements at the time? | 1. Compass 2. Gunpowder 3. Map making 4. Printing press |
| Who were Ferdinand and Isabella? | Two monarchs that married and united their kingdoms into Spain. They were powerful and drove the Islam away. |
| What is the Protestant Reformation? | The decision of a few countries to counter the pop and leave Catholic Christianity. |
| Who was Henry the Navigator? | A Portuguese prince under whom the quickest route to Asia, through south of Africa, was discovered. |
| What was Columbus's nationality and when did he arrive to America? | Italian born explorer for the Spanish, arrived at 1492. |
| What is the Line of Demarcation? | The north-south line drawn by the pope to divide America between the Spanish and the Portuguese. |
| What 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. |
| What is the Iroquois confederation? | A confederation of five Native American tribes in North America. |
| What are longhouses? | A type of long building that were typical for the Iroquois confederation. |
| Who is John Cabot? | An Italian born explorer for the British who explored the coasts of Newfoundland and 1497. |
| Who was Jacques Cartier? | A french explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river extensively. (1534-1542) |
| Who 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". |
| Who was Henry Hudson? | An English navigator who sailed the Hudson river. |
| What's the Valladolid debate? | A debate held in the city of Valladolid, regarding the rights of Native Americans. |
| Who was Juan Gines de Sepulveda? | A Spanish proponent of Native American slavery, who opposed Las Casas at the Valladolid debate. |
| Who was Bartolome de Las Casas? | A Spanish priest who opposed Native American slavery. |
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