Native American Societies
How did Natives from the Great Plains and Great Basin live ?
Relied on buffalo and bison to be able to survive
What was a main motivation for colonization?
Fur trade
Who advocated for the removal of the encomienda system?
Bartolomé de las Casas
What new ideas did the Columbian Exchange bring?
New crops such as corn, and potatoes. Animals such as horses. Disease from Europeans such as small pox
What is a caravel?
A new ship that made it possible to travel longer distances
What animal helped the Great plains and Great Basin natives make hunting easier?
The horse
What do you call marriage between French and Indians?
Metis
What was the motivation for colonization
Gold, God, Glory
What was brought to the new world
Wheat, rice, horses, chickens, ox
What diseases did Europeans bring to Natives?
Smallpox, measles,
Was native society matrilineal or patriarchal?
Matrilineal
Where did the French settle?
Canada (Quebec)
How did the Spanish rule over colonies
What was taken back to Europe from the Americas?
potatoes, corn, tomatoes
What group benefited from the encomiendas?
The spanish
Natives sought to preserve ___
political, economic, and religious autonomy
True or False the French were more friendly to Natives
True
90 percent
The Colombian Exchange brought a shift from feudalism to ___
Capitalism
New laws
What system replaced the Encomeinda system after it was demolished
repartimeinto system
What was the result of colonization?
Hybrid Culture of Colonial and Native population
What pope had the same ideas about native Americans as Bartolomé de las Casas?
Pope Paul the third
What types of companies were used to raise money for explorations?
Joint stock
What was the black legend?
Idea that Spain treated the natives horribly