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20 Cards in this Set
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Tenochtitlan |
one of the largest cities with a population of 250,000 was the capital of the Aztec empire in mexico |
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mound builders |
mississippian river valley and ohio river valley residents built mounds made of dead bodies in large shapes |
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Iroquois league |
consisting of five of the groups of iroquois people- mohawk, oneida, cayuga, seneca, and onondaga, was a league of peace that brought stability to the new york and pennsylvania area. representatives met to coordinate behavior |
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animism |
a belief that sacred spirits could be found in all kinds of living and inanimate things |
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matrilineal societies |
children become members of the mothers family, not the fathers |
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caravel |
a ship capable of long distance travel built by the portugeuse |
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reconquista |
the reconquest of spain from the moors |
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conquistadores |
people from spain attempting to conquer new land in the americas |
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columbian exchange |
the transatlantic flow of people and goods |
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mestizos |
persons of mixed origin (portugeuse and indian) |
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ninety-five theses |
Martin Luthers poster accusing the catholic church of worldliness and corruption |
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Bartolome de las Casas |
a dominican priest who published an account of the decimation of the Indies |
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repartimiento system |
residents of indian villages remained legally free and entitled to wages, but were still required to perform a fixed amount of labor each year |
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Black legend |
the image of spain as a uniquely brutal and exploitative colonizer |
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pueblo revolt |
deteriorated relations between pueblos and european settlers lead to a revolt led by pope, 2000 warriors killed 400 colonists in new mexico |
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engages, indentured servants |
migrants who took work for the transportation costs |
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metis |
children of marriages between indian women and french traders |
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flushing remonstrance |
petition by a group of english settlers protesting the stuyvesents order barring quakers from living in the town flushing |
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patroons |
shareholders in the west india company who agreed to transport tenants for agricultural labor |
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cahokia |
near present day st louis, was a fortified community with between 10,000-30,000 inhabitants in 1200 ad. also built mounds |
