Europe is a fake continent
Which economic theory motivated European powers to acquire colonies and extract wealth?
Mercantilism
The primary cause of death for natives after European arrival was.
What is small pox/disease
In 1492, this explorer sailed westward in search of a trade route to Asia but landed in the Caribbean.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The Pueblo Revolt was caused by these three factors
What was taking land, forced conversion, and the encomienda.
What were the three "Gs" motivating European expansion into the western hemisphere?
Gold, glory, and god
What 3 countries colonized North America that we spoke of in class? (There is a fourth one btw)
Britain, France, Spain. (4th is Dutch)
Tribes in the Great Plains lived this kind of lifestyle (following the Buffalo)
Nomadic
Pueblo rebels destroyed churches and killed hundreds of Spaniards.
Pope’s Rebellion
Spanish tool for “civilization” or education of the Native American peoples
What is the mission system?
The trading of goods, diseases, and livestock that occurred in the 1500's-1700's is best known as this
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The cause of capitalism in Europe and China
What is surplus of gold and silver
A Central American cereal plant that yields large grains set in rows on a cob
Maize or Corn
Who was the man who wrote "A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies" in an effort to make people in Spain / Europe sympathize with the natives?
Who was Bartolome de las Casas
The significance of the Treaty of Tordesillas (Remember I called it the Treaty of Who Cares)
Moved the line a few degrees north, granting Spain the bulk territory in the Americas and it compensated Portugal with titles to land in Africa and Asia.
The correspondence between de las Casas and Sepulveda over the treatment of Native Americans in the New World.
What are known as the Valladolid Debates?
Spearheaded by the conquistadors, the goals of this movement were to locate mineral wealth, convert Indians to Christianity and counter French and English colonization efforts.
What is Spanish Exploration of the Americas?
The enslavement of Natives and some Mexicans by the Spanish was called.
What is the encomienda?
Who led the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1521, leading to the downfall of the Aztec civilization? (I am okay with what these person's title was rather than a name.)
Hernán Cortés or Spanish Conquistadors
Name one of The three Native tribes that are considered the most formative during this period
Who are the Iroquois, Sioux, and Aztec?
Native tribe that lived in the Southwestern, Eastern Woodlands, Great Plains, and Pacific Northwest part of North America, known for cliffside dwellings, chopping wood, fishing, trading and irrigation (farming) systems.
Chinook, Iroquois, Sioux, and Pueblo
Which European nation started the African slave trade in the 15th century?
Portugal: They set up trading posts for the purchase of gold and slaves along the African coast, which marked the beginning of large-scale European involvement in the transatlantic slave trade.
A network of sharing goods and resources between Africa, North America and Europe which involved the transportation of manufactured goods, raw materials and slaves.
What is triangular trade?
Historians believe that the earliest Americans came over the______ which connected Asia and North America
Bering Land Bridge
Early American societies in the Southwest developed these innovations to farm arid land, allowing large settlements to thrive despite limited rainfall.
What are irrigation systems
This nonexistent waterway connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and was sought after by every European nation.
What was the Northwest Passage