Native American Societies
5-nation confederacy known for hunting and gathering
What are the Iroquois?
Explorer who is known for reaching the Americas in 1492
Who is Christopher Colombus?
Trade and movement of plants, animals, diseases, etc. between hemispheres
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Spanish forced labor system with Native Americans
What is the encomienda system?
What is cultural exchange?
Region where Natives relied as maize agriculture as one of their primary resources
Treaty dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
Animal that was imported into the Americas from Europe that completely changed how Natives hunted and moved around on the Great Plains
What is the horse?
Expensive metal that was mined by the Spanish in the Americas and sent back to Europe
What is silver?
Spread of European languages, religions, and practices to Natives
What is cultural diffusion?
Tribe that had sun-dried brick homes and used 3 sisters farming
What is the Pueblo peoples?
The three motivations for exploration (3 G's)
What are God, Glory, and Gold?
Disease that caused the Native population to decrease significantly
People mixed of Spanish and Native ancestry.
What are mestizos?
Cultural blending that created new traditions through a combination of Native American and European ideals.
What is syncretism?
Empire that used the agricultural technique of Waru Waru
One technology that improved long-distance travel at the time
What is (could be any of the following) the astrolabe/caravel/compass?
Ecological impact of the Columbian Exchange that led to soil depletion in the Americas
What is cash crop farming?
Social hierarchy system based on race in Spanish colonies
What is the caste system?
Type of conflict usually between Europeans and Natives over land and resources
What is conflict over land?
Must include cause and effect (one example could be how the Great Plains had a nomadic lifestyle).
Name one major cause for European Exploration and explain it
Include some kind of reasoning. Ex. desire for new trade routes leading to economic benefit.
Explain one long term impact of the Columbian Exchange
Must have cause and effect.
Explain one way Spain maintained control over its colonies
Must go into detail. Example of topics are religion, military, and control over the economy
Explain one impact of interactions between Europeans and Natives from 1491-1607
Must have a specific example and cause and effect. Some examples could be religion, disease, loss of land, or trade.