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31 Cards in this Set
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Native Americans
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Nomads who crossed a land bridge to reach America from Asia, and their ancestors
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Land Bridge
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Exposed land between Asia and America brought by the Ice Age
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Mississipian and Mound Builders
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Midwest societies that thrived with the cultivation of corn
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Iroquois
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Greatest North American civilization wth a strong government and military
Rivaled Mayans, Aztecs, and Incas for years |
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Incas, Mayans, Aztecs
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South American civilizations who brought huge technological, scientific, and agricultural advacements to create perfect Native American societies
Thrived on corn Sacrifice was big part of culture |
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Renaissance
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Brought about new culture and ways of thinking in Europe
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Technology
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Printing press- spread information around much quicker
Compass- finding directions at sea |
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Portugal and Spain
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European centers of trade and exploration
Sent explorers to Africa and Asia Set up slavery system in Africa |
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Moors
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Muslims from Portugal who left the nation after the Islamic- Christian War in Spain
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Ferdinand and Isabella
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Leaders of Portugal after Moors left
Wanted to rival neighbor Spain Funded exploration |
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Trade
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moved Europeans into Africa and Asia and Americas
lead to expansion |
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Henry the Navigator
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Portuguese prince that sent out many explorers on trips around Africa
Started the age of exploration and spread Christianity |
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Nation-States
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A group of people who share culture and beliefs and live in the same geographical area under one government
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Christopher Columbus
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Italian explorer who sailed to West Indies from Spain
1492- Meant to find Asia, found a different continent |
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New World
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Island in the Bahamas found by Columbus
Thought to be Asia, really was America |
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Italian explorer and cartographer that proved that America was not Asia by drawing maps of the land
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Papal Line of Demarcation
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An invisible line in the Atlantic that divided Spanish and Portuguese lands
Spain got all land to west，Portugal to the east |
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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Created the papal line of demarcation
Gave Spain claim to discovery and right for the riches in America to go to mostly Spain and some to Portugal |
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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The first person to ever discover the Pacific Ocean
Claimed for Spain all land that touched it |
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Ferdinand Magellan
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The leader of the first ever voyage that went all the way around the world
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Hernan Cortes
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Took a small Spanish army with him from Cuba to Mexico that, after being welcomed by the Aztecs, overtook and destroyed their capital
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Francisco Pizzaro
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Defeated the Incas
Started the influx of silver in Europe |
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Conquistadores
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Spanish explorers that controlled the exploration race in the 1500s
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Encomienda System
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A form of slavery where the natives would be sold or given in return for christianizing them
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John Cabot
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English explorer that was sent to explore northeastern America in the late 1400s
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Giovanni de Verrazano
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Sent by French to explore the east coast of America in the early 1500s
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Samuel de Champlain
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French explorer and cartographer that drew the first map of the coast of Canada and founded New France
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Father Jacques Marquette
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French Jesuit missionary who founded the first European settlement in Michigan
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Robert de la Salle
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French explorer that threatened the Spanish by sailing miles into the Mississippi River
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Henry Hudson (chapter 3)
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Dutch explorer who sailed into America
Went up Hudson River to find a shortcut to the other side of the continent |
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Father Junipero Serra
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Established 21 missions up and down the coast of California in the mid 1700s
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