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24 Cards in this Set
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Bering Straight
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channel that separated alaska from russia
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Mayas
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developed society in the Yucatan peninsula. created a written language and numerical system, accurate calendar and agricultural system
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Aztecs
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conquered mayans; nomadic warrior tribe ruling much of central and south america. Built elaborate administrative educational and medical system. sacrificed humans for religious practices
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northern civilizations
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did not develop as elaborate societies as in the south and central americas. societies emerged based on the food available in a specific region.
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matrilineal society
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society where women tended to control the social and economic organization of the
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middle ages europe
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-divided into many small kingdoms
-subsistence agriculture predominated -commerce limited roman catholic church had spirtual authority |
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black death
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catastrophic epidemic of the bubonic plague that began in Constantinople in 1347. Killed roughly 1/3 population in Europe
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Henry the navigator
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found a sea route to asia while exploring western coast of africa
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Vasco de Gama
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precedded all the way to india
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Vasco de balboa
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fought his way across the isthmus of panama in 1513. First known european to gaze westward upon the great ocean that separated america from china
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Ferdinand Magellan
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discovered a straight that led him from the Atlantic ocean to the pacific. Expedition went on to complete first known circumnavigation of the globe.
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Hernando Cortes
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led military expedition to Mexico. Ruthless suppression of conquered natives made him known as a brutal conquistador
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Treaty of tordesillas
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june 7th 1494, treaty that divided the newly discovered lands outside europe between spain and portugal
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feudalism
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set of military and legal customs in the middle ages. System of ordering society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labor
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nationalism
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the desire for national advancement or independence
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Francisco Pizarro
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conquered peru, revealed to europe the wealth of Incas, opened way for advances in South America
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Hernando de Soto
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deputy of Pizarro, led futile searches gold and silver through florida west. First white man to cross the Miss. River
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Francisco Coronado
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traveled north from Mexico into NM in a futile process for looking for jewels. Helped open US to spanish settlement.
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Encomiendas
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liscense from the crown that allowed people to launch expeditions and exact labor and tribute from the natives.
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st augustine
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established in 1565, spanish fort, first permanent european settlement in the present day U.S.A
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conquistadores
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Spanish/ Portugal soldiers that brought much of the Americas under Spain/ Portugal's control.
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Don Juan de Onate
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traveled north from mexico with party of 500 men. Claimed land from the Pueblo Indians and demanded tribute and labor.
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Pueblo Revolt
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1680 Pueblo's revolted because of unable to practice tribal rituals. Led an uprising that killed hundreds of European settlers.
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Ferdinand and Isabella
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1400s- marriage of ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of castile produced the strongest monarchy in Europe. Sponsored Columbus' voyage.
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