Chapter 1 History Vocab

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tidewater

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a narrow eastern coastal plain creased by many river valleys

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Bering Strait

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land bridge that allowed for migration from the far East to North America

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nomadic

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constantly moving settlements in search for food

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Maize

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Indian corn that fed much of the Indian population

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Anasazis

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desert dwelling Indian tribe of the southwest

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L'Anse aux Meadows

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landing place of Scandinavian seafarrers

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Spice Islands

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indonesia

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Genoa

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sold Asian spices for expensive prices, Italy

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Marco Polo

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Italian adventurer, China

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Bartholomeu Diaz

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first person to round the souther tip of Africa

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Infidels

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the muslims that didnt accept christianity

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Ferdinand and Isabella

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king and queen of spain, unite spain, columbus

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Columbus

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discoverd America, thought he found India

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Sugar Revolution

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sugar grew well in the warm Caribbean climate, slaves worked fields

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conquistadores

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spanish conquerors that claimed land for Spain

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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treaty between spain and portugal that divided the New WOrld in half down the Atlantic

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Balboa

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discovered Pacific Ocean

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Magellan

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first to circumnavigate the world

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Ponce de Leon

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explored florida

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fountain of youth

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myth that ponce de leon searched for

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coronado

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explore southwest america for gold, discovered grand canyon and buffalo

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de soto

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came to america in search of fold, crossed mississippi river, murdered by indians

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pizarro

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conquered the incas in south america and got silver

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potosi

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found present day bolivia

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west indies

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islands in the caribbean sea

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encomienda

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allowed government to give indians to colonist in return they christianized them- slavery

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bartolome de las casas

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spanish missionary who dislike encomienda. "a moral presilence invented by satan"

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moors

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"the dark ones" muslims who were driven from the iberian peninsula

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cortez

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overthrew moctezuma and the aztecs

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malinche

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indian slave who knew the mayan and aztec language- cortezs translator

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Tenochtitlan

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aztec capital

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moctezuma

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aztec chieftan

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dia de la raza

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mexican holiday, birthday of a new race

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john cabot

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sent by english to ecplore northeastern america

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jacques cartier

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traveled up the st lawrence river

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st augustine

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spanish fort to keep out the french and block the caribbean

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battle of acoma

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spanish claimed new mexico, brital to indians (one foot of each survivor cut off)

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Black Legend

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misconception that all the spanish did was torture the native americas

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dark continent

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europeans name for africa

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Vasco da gama

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portuguese explorer first to reach india