North America Before Columbus
Creators of a mighty empire in what today is Mexico
Who are the Aztecs?
Emperor of the Aztecs who warred with the Spanish
Who is Montezuma?
People who disagree with established religious beliefs
Who are Heretics?
The increase of population in the American colonies between the years 1640 and 1700
What is 250,000?
Large public meetings for preaching and prayer.
What are revivals?
Name of the multi-story buildings built by the Anasazi
What are Pueblos?
Followers of Islam
Who are Muslims?
Most of the Scots-Irish population settled in this colony
What is Pennsylvania?
The journey of slave-trading ships from Africa to the New World
What is the Middle Passage?
Influential work by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
What is the Social Contract?
Early migrants to the Americas who constantly moved from place to place.
Who are nomads?
Leaders of Spanish expeditions in regions around what is now Mexico
Who are Conquistadors?
Many different religious beliefs were tolerated in this colony
What is the Providence colony?
People willing to sell their labor for a certain number of years.
Who are indentured servants?
This individual wrote about the natural rights of all people and the contract theory of government.
Who is John Locke?
The rise of Americas first civilizations was made possible due to this type of revolution
What is the agricultural revolution?
A new era of intellectual and technological advancement during the 1400s in Europe
What is the Renaissance?
System in which settlers were granted land in exchange for settling in Virginia
What are headrights?
Any free men in a New England could attend to elect leaders and give their opinions
What is a town meeting?
An economic theory about the world economy.
What is Mercantilism?
A payment by one ruler or nation to another in acknowledgment of submission or as the price of protection.
What is tribute?
The rulers and merchants of Mali adopted this religion
What is Islam?
A colony owned by an individual
What is a proprietary colony?
Were considered "property" planters; could use them as collateral in order to borrow money and expand their plantations.
What are slaves?
The emphasis on logic and reasoning
What is rationalism?