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Environment & Geo
Peopling
100
The destruction of what native North American mammal dramatically altered Indian life on the Great Plains?
What is bison?
100
What was the new business entity used in the period of exploration to raise money for colonial ventures and settlement?
What is the joint stock company?
100
This system of forced native American labor was gradually replaced by African slavery in the late 16th century in Spanish America
What is the encomienda system?
100
These continents comprise the "Atlantic World"
What is Africa, America, and Europe?
100
Tenochtitlan served as the capital for this impressive ancient Mesoameriacn civilization.
Who are the Aztec?
200
What technological innovation allowed maize-developing native American societies to expand their productive capacities?
What are irrigation systems?
200
This is the name of the first successful Joint Stock Company colonial venture in North America.
What is the Virginia Company?
200
This new cultural group emerged in Spanish America following the mixing of Spanish and Native American groups.
Who are the mestizos?
200
Where was the first ill-fated English attempt at colonizing America?
What is Roanoke?
200
Spanish priests and the government sought to suppress native religious practices and culture through this system....
What is is the mission system?
300
Iroquois society was a ____________ society, in which women managed decision making and political affairs.
matrilineal
300
This English Queen oversaw the creation of a newly powerful England under the banner of English Protestantism in the late 16th century.
Who is Elizabeth I?
300
Native American societies in this region of North America responded to a lack of resources by developing mobile lifestyles.
What are the Great Plains?
300
This was the Spanish minister who decried the brutal treatment of Natives in Spanish America during the early 1500s.
Who is Bartolome de Casas?
400
This was the main economic goal of the Spanish in the New World.
What is mining for precious metals?
400
This famous Native American rebellion in 1680 represented the most notable effort of Natives to defend their culture and identity by force against Spanish rule.
What is the Pueblo Revolt?
400
Abundant plant life, fish, and temperate climate allowed Native American societies like the Nez Perce to thrive in this region.
What is the Pacific Northwest?
400
Attempts by Africans to maintain their cultural independence by escaping to these communities consisting of runaway slaves
What are maroon communities?
500

Describe one change brought out upon by the Columbian Exchange in each of the three spheres of the "Atlantic World" Africa, Europe, and the Americas

1. Changes in diet 2. Potatoes, maize, tomatoes (brought to Europe) 3. Horses brought to America 4. Slavery brought to America from Africa 5. Disease placed most burden on America

500
The improvements in the European diet provided by the Colombian Exchange stimulated population growth, which led to a shift out of this antiquated economic system
What is feudalism?
500
This was the name of the religious war in the Iberian Peninsula that influenced the "Christianizing" mission of Columbus' 1492 voyage.
What was the Reconquista?
500
This scholar author has argued that advanced weaponry and long-standing microbiological immunities made European conquest of the Americas possible in the 16th century
Who is Jared Diamond?
500
This confederation of five Native American tribes in North America survived European conquest and, in fact, became a powerful force in North American diplomacy and trade until their ultimate demise after the American Revolution
Who are the Iroquois?