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21 Cards in this Set
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Land bridge theory |
Scientist believe that the first americans migrated from asia to north america by crossing a land bridge called beringia during the ice age |
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Great convergence |
The coming together of different people , culture,and beliefs |
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Culture |
A persons way of life , including beliefs ,customs,food,dwellings and clothes. |
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Natural resources |
Useful materials found in nature , including water,vegetation,animals , and minerals |
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Migrate |
To move from one place and establish a new home in a new place |
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Columbian exchange |
The transfer of animals , plants ,cultures, and desieses back and forth from the Americas and the old world (Europe,Asia,Africa |
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Colony |
A new settlement or territory established and governed by a country in another land |
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Missionaries |
People who travel to a territory or community in order to make converts to their religion |
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Conquistadors |
Spanish soldiers-explorers who conquered the natives in order to make the natives of mexico and peru |
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Economy |
The way a society organizes the manufacturingand exchanges of things of value such as money , food , products , and services (ect...) |
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Democratic |
Ruled by the people .in democracy , citizens elect representatives to make and carry out laws |
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assembly |
An elected group of law makers |
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The first great awakening |
The rivieal of religious feelings beliefs in the american colonies in the early 1700s that helped spread the idea that all people were equal in eyes of the god and ecouraging the ideas of liberty ,equality,and resistance to athority |
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Charter |
A document that permitted people to settle and trade in a certain area in the americas |
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Indentured servant |
People who agreed to work for a certain amount of years in exchange for a passage to american |
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Puritans |
People who wanted to purify the english church by simplifying the churches cerimonies and its ranks in athority |
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Substance farmers |
Farmers that grow just enough to meet their familys needs |
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Smuggling |
Illegally sneaking goods into the colonies to bypass paying import tax or tariff to the British goverment |
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Plantations |
Large farms used cash crops for profit |
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Import |
Goods bought from forgein countries |
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Goods sold from to forgien countries |
Exports |
