Native Am. b4 Euro Contact
a prominent Native American tribe, is a significant due to their interactions with the U.S. govt, particularly regarding land disputes and forced removal. Known for its rich culture and efforts to assimilate with European-American society, ultimately faced forced relocation, known as the Trail of Tears, following the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
Cherokee Nation
Sailing for Spain, Columbus's voyages (1492, 1493, 1498, 1502) led to the first sustained European contact with the Americas, though he initially believed he had reached Asia. He landed in the Bahamas in 1492, claiming the land for Spain
Columbus
The Columbian Exchange refers to the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, & ideas between the Americas, West Africa, & ________ after Columbus's voyages in 1492
This Empire adopted a Casta System to classify all of the Americas' various races and racial combinations. Similar to medieval concept of limpieza de sangre, or blood purity, the Casta System linked one's race with his or her behavior, personality, and social status.
Spanish
They created remarkable cities in the rain forest of the Yucatan Peninsula in present day Guatemala, Belize, and southern Mexico. They were remembered for the Maya script, which is the only known fully developed writing system of the pre-Columbian era.
Mayans
Among the southeastern agriculturalists and perhaps the most skillful farmers, producing surplus crops to sell and trade. They planted corn (maize), beans, and pumpkins; fished; gathered nuts and wild fruits; and hunted deer and bear.
Choctaw Nation
A Spanish conquistador, Cortez led the conquest of the Aztec Empire in Mexico.
Hernando Cortez
The Americas provided Europe with crops like these, which significantly impacted European agriculture and diets.
Potatoes, corn, & tomatoes
This was a Spanish labour system that rewarded conquerors with the labour of conquered non-Christian peoples. In theory, the conquerors provided the labourers with benefits, including military protection and education.
Encomendia.
From central Mexico where they developed a powerful militaristic empire with a population of roughly 200,000. They were known for their organized societies, trade, and cultivation crops such as maize.
Aztecs
known for its rich history, strong cultural identity, and economic strength. recognized for their resilience in the face of forced relocation, their sophisticated social structures, and their contemporary contributions to Oklahoma's economy and culture.
Chickasaw Nation
A French explorer, Champlain founded Quebec, the first permanent French settlement in North America.
Samuel De Champlain
Conversely, Europe introduced crops like these to the Americas.
wheat, rice, and sugarcane.
Name one primary reason why Spain transitioned to Africans away from Native Americans as their source of slave labor.
Natives had no immunity to new diseases brought over by the Spanish and knew the land better.
Based in Peru, they developed a vast empire in South America with organized societies , stable food supply through cultivation of the potato, trade, and their calendar system.
Incas
Known for their staunch resistance to relocation and commitment to their cultural roots, Their legacy includes innovative housing solutions, inclusive communities, three wars, and being the only tribe who never signed a final peace treaty.
Seminole Nation
An Italian explorer who sailed for England, Cabot explored the coasts of Newfoundland and possibly Nova Scotia.
John Cabot
Deadly diseases like these to which Native Americans had no immunity, devastated populations in the Americas.
smallpox, measles, and influenza.
The forced voyage of enslaved Africans to the Americas. It was a brutal and deadly part of the triangular trade system, with horrific conditions leading to high mortality rates
Middle Passage
established on May 14, 1607, marking the first permanent English settlement in North America. It was founded by the Virginia Company of London, which sent 104 men and boys to the site on the James River. The settlement was named in honor of King James I.
Jamestown
also known as the Muscogee, were a significant Native American group in Southeastern United States. Their history is marked by conflict, land cessions, and eventual forced removal. Several key events and policies impacted their relationship with the US, including the Creek War (1813-1814), the Indian Removal Act of 1830, and the Trail of Tears
Creek
Another Spanish conquistador, he conquered the Inca Empire in South America.
Francisco Pizarro
The Columbian Exchange facilitated this, which forcibly moving millions of Africans to the Americas.
Transatlantic Slave Trade
a Spanish missionary who became a vocal advocate for the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Americas during the Spanish colonial period. known for his writings documenting the atrocities committed against Native populations and for his efforts to reform Spanish colonial policy
Bartolomé de las Casas
What percentage of the AP exam in May (m/c) comes from Time Period 1?
5%, no more.