Pre-Columbian Civilizations
Spanish Colonization
European Colonial Powers
Transatlantic Trade
Colonial Regions
100
What were the "three sisters" crops?
Maize, Beans, Squash
100
term for a person of mixed Spanish and Native ancestry in Spanish Colonial society
Mestizo
100
This was the economic activity the French were mostly interested in when they colonized North America
Fur Trade
100
the name for crops that are grown not for food but for trade, like tobacco
cash crops
100
What was the name of the document that the Pilgrims signed to create a democratic commonwealth in America?
Mayflower Compact (1620)
200
Name of civilization in present-day Mexico whose capital was Tenochtitlan
Aztecs
200
Author of Historia de las Indias, questioned the legitimacy of Spain's conquest and fought for better treatment of Native Americans.
Bartolome de las Casas
200
the first English colony attempt that failed
Roanoke
200
The name for the transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old World of Europe and Africa and the New World of the Americas
Columbian Exchange
200
Name two of the people the Puritans banished from the Massachusetts Bay colony for having religious beliefs that did not match the strict codes of Puritan society
Anne Hutchinson, Roger Williams, Mary Dyer
300
What did Southwest Native Americans do to help cultivate their crops?
irrigation system
300
The pope signed this agreement regarding Spain and Portugal deciding which country could colonize which parts of the world, including the Americas
Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)
300
The name of the colony the Dutch established in the Northeast
New Amsterdam
300
The name for the economic system in which a mother country uses colonies to extract wealth in order to compete with other countries
Mercantilism
300
What law did the Catholics in Maryland passed when they started to get outnumbered by Protestants?
Act of Toleration (1689)
400
Name of mound city/civilization in Illinois-area with ~30,000 people
Cahokia
400
Native Americans in the Southwest violently fought back against the Spanish mission systems and forced conversion to Catholicism in this event in 1680
Pueblo Revolt (Pope's Rebellion)
400
Name one similarity between the Spanish and French in their colonization of the Americas
multiple possible answers (intermarriage with natives, goal of spreading Christianity)
400
The name for the laws the British Empire passed on its American colonies to restrict their economic activities
Navigation Acts
400
This man was a renowned religious orator from Europe who was a leader of the Great Awakening and traveled the 13 colonies preaching sermons to thousands of people
George Whitefield
500
The name of the first democracy in the Americas, established by Native American tribes in the Northeast
Iroquois League (Confederacy)
500
Supporter of the Harsh Treatment of Native Americans by Spain. Wrote Just Causes of War Against the Indians
Juan de Sepulveda
500
In order to encourage more settlers to move to America, England used this system offering planters 40 acres of land for every new person they brought to America
Headright System
500
Name one impact of the columbian exchange on Europe and one impact of the columbian exchange on the Americas
multiple possible answers
Europe: population growth
Americas: population decline
500
This was the name of the Wampanoag Chief who led Native Americans in an armed conflict against New England settlers in the 1670s
Metacom, aka King Philip