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53 Cards in this Set
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what brought about revolution?
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taxation, self-rule, and trade restrictions
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what was the main sophistication of people in mexico and sourth america?
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corn, agriculture
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what made it easy for the euros to conquer america?
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lack of organization/cities
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when did the cultivation of maize, beans, squash reach north america?
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1000 CE
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at the time of the euro arrival, the natives had no means of what?
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manipulating nature agressively
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when and who were to first ppl to land on north america?
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norse seafarers from scandinavia around 1000 CE
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when and who were the first to travel africa's west coast?
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about 1450 portuguesse
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who began the slave trade?
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portuguesse
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when and who founded the modern plantation system?
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portuguesse around 15 century
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When and how did spain become united?
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15th century due to marriage of Ferdianand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile
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what was spain's goal after becoming united?
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rival portugual
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what fraction of crops originated in the americas?
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3/5
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by the 1600's spain had begun to acquire... which led to an increase in ...
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gold/silver... consumer costs up 500%
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During what date and where did spanish conquistadores sweep?
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from cuba to mexico, panama to south... 1519-1540
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what is a metizo?
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mixture of spanish and native blood
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what name was cortes' translator given?
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malinchista or traitor
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when did the spanish build st augustine florida?
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1565
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D French indian war
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1756-1763
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D Great Ice Age
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2 MYA
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D land bridge exposed from siberia to alaska
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35,000 YA
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D land bridge submerged
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10,000 YA
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In 1492 # of inhabitants in americas?
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54M
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D corn developed... reached north america?
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5000 BCE, 2000 BCE
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D colombus spots bahamas?
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October 12, 1492
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D colombus reached hispaniola? and with what?
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1493 with a noah's arch
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D Noche Triste?
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June 30, 1520
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D Battle of Acoma? what?
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1599, spanish vrs pueblos
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D Pope's rebellion? what did they build?
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1680, pueblos killed many church people... built kivas (place of worship)
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P Marco Polo
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Italian returned to euro in 1295 after 25 years in china
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P Bartholomeu Dias
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Portuguese, first to round tip of Africa 1488
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P Vasco da Gama
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Portuguese, reached india
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P Columbus
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italian, but persuaded spanish to give him three ships
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P vasco nunez balboa
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spanish, in 1513 claimed all land on pacific
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P ferdinand magellan
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spanish, 1519 tip of africa, journied around the world
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P Juan Ponce de Leon
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Spanish, explored middle of US
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P Hernando de Soto
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Spanish, explored florida west
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P Francisco Pizarro
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crushed the incas in Peru in 1532
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V - Canadian Shield
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the massive zone that held North America in place
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V- Cahokia
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advanced settlement in east St. Louis made by anaszis
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V- Three Sister Farm
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beans grow on trellis of cornstalks and squash covering planting mounds to retain moisture
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V - Middlemen
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muslims who took taxes on ships traveling through
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V - Caravel
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Portuguese ship that could sail more closely to wind
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V - Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)
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Spain and Portugal split new world lands
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V - Encomienda
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promise of Christianity in return get slave
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V - Black Legend
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the false concept that the conquerors merely tortured and butchered the Indians; store their gold, infected them and left nothing behind
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Name reasons for traveling West
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Europeans wanted cheaper products from far away
Africa provided cheap labor Long voyages proved feasible Spain became a modern state Renaissance nurtured ambitious spirit Mariners compass created |
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Columbian exchange
New World to Old World |
Gold and silver
Corn, other products Syphillis |
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Columbian exchange
Old World to New World |
Wheat, sugar, rice and coffee
Horse, cows and pigs Many diseases |
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Motives of the Conquistadors
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Win Royal titles
Ensure god's favor (spread Christianity) Escape dubious pasts Be a hero, experience it all Lust for gold |
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Name reasons for traveling West
(Columbus) |
Europeans wanted cheaper products from far away
Africa provided cheap labor Long voyages proved feasible Spain became a modern state Renaissance nurtured ambitious spirit Mariners compass created |
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Columbian exchange
New World to Old World |
Gold and silver
Corn, other products Syphillis |
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Columbian exchange
Old World to New World |
Wheat, sugar, rice and coffee
Horse, cows and pigs Many diseases |
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Motives of the Conquistadors
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Win Royal titles
Ensure god's favor (spread Christianity) Escape dubious pasts Be a hero, experience it all Lust for gold |
