American Indian Societies
Portugal and Spain
The Columbian Exchange
Spanish Colonial Society
100

The first American Indians arrived from this continent 25,000 years ago.

Asia.

100

Europeans desired these from China/India.

Spices and manufactured goods (porcelain, silk, etc.)

100

The Columbian Exchange is the title often given to the transfer of this.

Diseases, plants, people, ideas, animals, and resources between the Atlantic continents.

100

Columbus created this system in order for Europeans to receive land and all labor from the unpaid Americans on the land.

Encomienda.

200

The most used phrase to describe the American Indian tribes prior to European presence is this.

"Diverse and complex".

200
These new technologies allowed Portugal to be the first country to send explorative voyages.

Astrolabe and caravel.

200

After Spain and Portugal, these three European countries also sent explorative voyages to claim land in the Americas.

England, France, and the Netherlands.

200

Cortes and Pizarro captured American empires with guns and germs and gave Spanish access to these in the surrounding habitats.

Gold and silver.

300

Many American Indian tribes used this form of agriculture to sustain themselves.

Horticulture.

300

He was the first man to sail around the Cape of Good Hope.

Bartolomeau Dias

300

This event was aided as much by germs as by guns when the Europeans met the American Indian tribes.

"The Great Dying"

300

The Spanish caste system included all of these groups of people.

Spanish-born, American-born, American Indians, African slaves.

400

Which group of Americans was known for using chinampas?

The Aztecs.

400

Spain soon were able to join Portugal in sending explorative voyages after this event was completed in their home country.

The Spanish Inquisition (marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella)

400

Some of the positive effects of the CE include Americans giving Europe nutrient-rich foods while the Europeans gave America these animals.

Pigs, cattle, chickens, horses.
400

The efforts to convert natives to Catholicism was successful and mostly were led by these people.

Franciscan missionaries.

500

Women in the Iroquois tribe were given higher roles in society. Their tribe could be described as this.

Matrilineal.

500

Despite Americans "owning" the land first, the Spanish monarchy worked with the pope to establish this land-claiming document to take the land from the Americans.

The Requerimiento.

500

As a result of the Columbian Exchange, the demands for labor increased dramatically for this reason.

Land was mostly used for sugar plantation and cash crops, needed labor to farm.
500

The movement to 'civilize' American Indians was mostly unsuccessful and led to this.

Lots of rebellions, growing resistance to Europeans in general.