Def 1
Migration
A movement of people or animal from one region to another
Capital
Money or property that is used to earn more money
Hernan Cortes
Spanish conquistador that conquered Mexico in 1519
Which empire did Francisco Pizarro conquer?
A) Aztec
B) Inca
C) Maya
D) Olmec
B) Inca
What was the primary lifestyle of the Paleo Indians?
A) Farmers
B) Nomadic hunter-gatherers
C) Settled villagers
D) Industrial workers
B) Nomadic hunter-gatherers
Environment
Climate and landscape that surround things
Joint stocks companies
Business in which a group of people invest together
Montazuma II
West ruler of Mexico
Montezuma was a ruler of which civilization?
A) Inca
B) Aztec
C) Maya
D) Olmec
B) Aztec
C) Maya
Which of the following best describes the societies of early hunter-gatherers?
A) Large urban centers
B) Small, family-based groups
C) Feudal kingdoms
D) Industrial cities
B) Small, family-based groups
Societies
Groups that share a culture
Northwest passage
North America, that would let ship sell from Atlantic to the Pacific
Encomienda System
it gave settlers the right to tax local native Americans, or to make them work
What was the primary purpose of plantations in the Spanish Americas?
A) To grow food for local consumption
B) To produce cash crops for export
C) To serve as military bases
D) To house religious communities
B) To produce cash crops for export
What was the purpose of joint stock companies during the Age of Exploration?
A) To fund military campaigns
B) To finance voyages and colonization
C) To build castles
D) To create new religions
Culture
Is a group set of common values and traditions
Christopher Columbus exchange
The transfer of plants and animals and diseases which became known as the Christopher Columbus exchange because it resulted from Columbus exploration
Plantation
A large farm that group just one kind of crops and make huge profits for their owners
Before the arrival of the first Europeans, the
most advanced Native American societies
were located in what is now
A. California.
B. the eastern United States.
C. the American Southwest.
D. Mexico.
D. Mexico.
What was Christopher Columbus searching for when he set sail westward in 1492?
A) A new continent
B) A route to Asia
C) The Fountain of Youth
D) A new species of animal
B) A route to Asia
Totems
Ancestors or animal spits
Conquistador
Soldier Street military expedition to the Americas
Protestant reformation
A religious movement that began an effort to reform the catholic church and spread Germantown in 1520s and then to other parts of Europe
How did the Reformation in Europe affect
European settlement of the Americas?
A. It caused Spain to abandon its New World
colonies.
B. It resulted in Protestants conquering Mexico.
C. It created religious tensions in Europe that
some people fled to America to escape.
D. It led to freedom of worship in most European
colonies in the Americas.
C. It created religious tensions in Europe that
some people fled to America to escape.
Which of the following was a significant impact of the Columbian Exchange?
A) The introduction of new diseases to the Americas
B) The discovery of gold in Europe
C) The invention of the wheel
D) The creation of new languages
A) The introduction of new diseases to the Americas