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100
The act of physically moving from one location to another
What is Migration
100
Existing in or having been born in a specific region
What is Native
100
The system the Spanish used to force labor from native Americans
What is Encomienda
100
Animal that Spain brought to the New World, causing natives to think they were Gods.
What is Horses
100
Term used to describe the method joint-stock companies used to suplly their labor force
What is indentured servant
200
Living or occuring naturally in a specific area or region
What is indigenous
200
This area of land covered parts of Russia and Northwest Canada. the Bering land bridge once connected the two there.
What is Beringia
200
To adjust to one's environment by adjusting to that environment
What is adapt
200
Term used to describe the act of circling something, usually by sea
What is circumnavigation
200
Name of the first religous group to flee to the New World from Britain/England
What is Puritan
300
To get used to one's surroundings
What is Acclimate
300
A wide range of beliefs or customs among people
What is Diverse
300
A large area of land controlled by a single people
What is Empire
300
Name of the first British settlement to survive in the New World
What is Jamestown
300
Ancient trade route that spanned from the middle east to China. Muslims closed th route forcing a search for a sea route to Asia
What is Silk Road
400
A group or tribe of people that move or migrate to food sources or trade routes
What is Nomadic
400
The treaty that separated the western hemsphere from the eastern hemisphere between Portugal and Spain
What is Tordesillas
400
Term used to describe Spanish exploeres
What is Conquistadore
400
Year that Jamestwon was establsihed
What is 1607
400
A course of travel or long journey, especially by sea
What is Voyage
500
The race of people born from Spanish men marrying native women in the New World
What is Mestizo
500
Term used to describe the process where European animals and plants moved from Eurpose to the New World, and the New World to Europe
What is Columbia Exchange
500
Term used to describe the huge empire Spain established in the New World
What is New Spain
500
Term used to describe investment companies that funded British settlements in the New World
What is Joint-Stock companies
500
Person who first circumnaviagted the world. He died before finishing the journey
What is Magellan