Tcc Us History Notes #1

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12,000 years ago climate became more _____________.

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temperate

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early forms of _____ and ______. _________ life and social __________.

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corn, maize, sedentary, heirarchies

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_________ gatherers and later __________ revolution.

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hunter, agricultural

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Prior to European contact, there were ___ million Native Americans north of Mexico.

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4

Front 5

Mississippian cultures developed north of the border; known as "______ _______".

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mound builders

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_____ & ______ also mound-builders located in southern _____.

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Adena, Hopewell, Ohio

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______ is a very famous mound-building society, almost about ______ people covered about ___ acres.

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Cahokia, 20,000, 20

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All civilizations were suddenly _________.

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abandoned

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The circumference of the world was thought to be _________ miles.

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25,000

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____ _____ traveled to Asia in _____

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Marco Polo, 1295

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Marco Polo wrote about observations but didn't become prominent until the invention of the _____ ________ in the 15th century.

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printing press

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_____ _____ ___ ______ had many things created and sponsored expedition along the coast of _____ (_____ _____)

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Prince Henry the Navigator, Africa, Gold Coast

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1487-1488, ____ sailed to the tip of ______.

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Dias, Africa

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______ ___ _____ went all the way to India in 1497-1499.

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Vasco de Gama

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_______ ________ sailed the entire world from 1519-1522.

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Columbian Exchange

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trade of goods, plants, and microbes between the Americas, Europe, and Africa.

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From Europe to Africa was given...

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rice, bananas, sugar, apples, horses, pigs, chickens, goats, and cows.

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From America...

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corn, beans, squash, and potatoes

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Diseases such as ____ _____ and _____ came from Europe.

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small pox, measles

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____-____% mortality in some areas. As high as ____%.

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40, 60, 80

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______ given to Europe from _______.

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Syphilis, the Americas

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_____ first set foot in 904.

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Vikings

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_____ sailed from Greenland to the US and called it ____________, son of Erik the Red; angered many Indians.

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Leif, Newfoundland

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________ in 15th century, European populations increasing and centralization of ________.

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Renaissance, monarchies

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_____ and _____ found Spain as a Catholic nation.

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Isabella, Ferdinand

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_______ set out to dispell other religions.

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Reconquista

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_________ wanted to sail west to get to the Indies. ____, _____, and the _____ ____.

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Columbus, Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria

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Conquistadors followed "____, ____, and _____."

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god, glory, gold

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December of 1500, _____ ______ wrote about his experience in the Americas without actually going. Name "America" taken from him.

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Amerigo Vespucci

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In 1494, ____ & ______ almost go to war; Treaty of _________ divided the world in half.

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Spain, Portugal, Tordesillas

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In 1518, _____ ______ conquered the Aztecs and finds a lot of _____.

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Hernan Cortes, gold

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In 1539, _______ ___ ____ looks for fountain of youth but just finds Indians.

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Hernando de Soto

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In 1540, ______ & ______ survived the de Soto expedition; looks for city of ____ but finds Indians.

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Coronado, Esteban, gold

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Encomienda System

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pay labor tribute to people in charge of land; religious guidance

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_______ & _________ are main Catholic groups.

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Dominicans, Franciscans

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_________ ___ ____ ______ published a defense of Indian rights book.

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Bartolome de las Casas

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In 1535, ____ _______ discovered the Gulf of ________ en water route to Asia.

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Jack Cartier, St. Lawrence

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In 1608, _______ ___ ________ established city of Quebec and found fish and fur-bearing animals profitable.

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Samuel de Champlain

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______ ________ traded with Indians.

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Forest runners

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____ ______ (1679-1682) starts in French Canada and heads south on Mississippi & named it _________. Another expedition starts in France and lands in Texas unsuccessfully. His men end up shooting him.

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La Salle, Louisiana

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___ _____ was founded in 1718.

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New Orleans

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In 1497, ___ _____ rediscovers ________. Tries a 2nd expedition but all ships disappear.

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John Cabot, Newfoundland

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In 1583, ___ ______ ______ never made it to New World. Gilbert's half-brother ___ _____ _______ explores in 1584-1587.

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Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Walter Raleigh

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In 1587, the colony of ______ was established. War distracted England and this place died off.

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Roanoke

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Mercantilism

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the accumulation of wealth through maintaining a positive trade balance

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People came to the New World 1) as _____ and _____ refugees, 2) from the lure of wealth and improved _____ _____, 3) just because, and 4) by ______.

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economic, religious, social status, force

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Primogeniture

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inheritance for the oldest sun

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Virginia (1606) - _____ _ granted 2 charters. _______ _______ __ ________ attempts to make Maine a settlement but fail.

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James I, Virginia Company of Plymouth

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Virginia Company of London set up ________ in 1607.

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Jamestown

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Jamestown (1607) was a settlement of ____ men and boys, some dying. The goal was to get _____ and leave. They were mostly "_________" who never worked.

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144, money, gentlemen

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Jamestown has a high death rate because of ________, _____, ___ ______, and refusal to raise crops.

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dysentary, malnutrition, salt poison

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Captain ____ ______ led Jamestown to survival. There were difficult relations with ________; the leader _______ let them live for trades.

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John Smith, Indians, Powhaten

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1609-1610 was the starving time, _____ men was reduced to ____ men.

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480, 60

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Authorizes growth of food in ______, but there was a problem finding a profitable _____ product.

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1611, export

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____ _____ created a thriving tobacco industry.

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John Rolfe

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Headright System

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each man gets 100 acres of land, 50 acres more per person brought over

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House of Burgesses

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two representatives from each settlement; 1st government attempt in America.