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31 Cards in this Set
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land bridge
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then connected siberia & alaska(now under the bering sea)
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sioux
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followed the buffalo herds
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pawnee
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followed the buffalo herds
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pueblos
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southwest lived in multistorie buildings & developed intricate irrigation system for farming
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adena
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envolved in the mississippi & ohio river valleys & else where hunting an fishing
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hopewell
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envolved in the mississippi & ohio river valleys & else where hunting an fishing
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mississippian
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envolved in the mississippi & ohio river valleys & else where hunting an fishing
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iroquois
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northwest (pres.day NY)formed a polical confederacy,the league of the iroquois ,which stood attacks from opposing native americans & europeans during much of the 17th &18th centuries
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mayas
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built remarkable cities in the rain forest of the yucation
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incas
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in peru ruled over vast empires
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aztecs
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in central mexico ruled over vast empires
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renaissance
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in europe there occurred a rebirth of classical learning an outburst of artiste &scienific activity
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compass
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adopted form the chinese by arab merchants
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printiny
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in 1450 also aided the spread of knowledge across europe
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moors
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strong remained in that country when isab. queen of castile & ferdinand succeeded in defeating the moors of granada.
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protestant reformation trade
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1500's certain christians in germany,england,france, holand an other northern europeans countries revolted against the authority of the pope in rome
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henrey the navigator
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succeeded in opening up a long sea route around south africa's cape of good hope.
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amerigo vespucci
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another indies sailor
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treaty of tordesillas
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moved the line a few degress to the west
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vasco nunez de balboa
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the circumnavigation of the world by one of ferdinand magellans
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ferdinand magellans
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ships & the conquest of the aztecs in mexico by hernan cortes.
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francisco pizzaro
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secured spains initial supremany in the new world
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conquistadores
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sent ships loaded with gold an silver back to spain from the new world
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encomienda system
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king of spain giving grants of land an indians to individual spaniards
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asiento system
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brought slaves from west africa under this.this required the spanish to pay taxes to their king on each slave they imported to the americas
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john cabot
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england earliest claims to territory in the new rested on the voyages him an italian sea captain who was under contract to england's king henry
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giovanni de verrazano
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the french monarchy first showed interest in exploration in 1524
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jacques cartier
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french claims to american territory were also based on the voyage of jacques cartier 1534-1542 who explored the st. lawerence river
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samuel de champlain
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the first purmanent french settlement in america was est. by him.
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father jacques marquette
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1673 explored the upper mississippi river an in 1682
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robert de la salle
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1682 explored the mississippi basin which he named louisianna after the french king
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