U.S. History test 1
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36 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Columbus | an Italian navigator/explorer who sailed for Spain looking for a route to India |
| Division of Labor | determined what jobs were performed by whom in a society |
| Plantation | a large farm that usually grew cash crops |
| tobacco, cotton, rice, sugar cane | What were the most common cash crops? |
| Renaissance | a period of rebirth or renewal of interests |
| Reformation | a change in religion in Europe based on a split in the Catholic Church |
| Nomadic | to wander or move from place to place |
| a land bridge between Asia and North America | What is Beringia? |
| NA, Africans, Europeans | Three groups that settled in the New World/Americas? |
| they followed their food source | Why did the NA come to the New World? |
| enslaved | Why did Africans come to the New World? |
| religion, riches, business | Why did Europeans come to the new world? |
| desert southwest | Where did the Hohokam and Anasazi settle? |
| midwest mississippi river | Where did the Adena, Hopewell, Mississippians settle? |
| Aztecs | this native american group settled in Mexico with advanced civilization |
| Matrilineal | tracing your bloodline through your mother's side |
| trading crossroads | What was Timbuktu noted for? |
| Islam | faith practiced by Muslims |
| Karan | the holy book used by Muslims |
| The Crusades | a religious war fought by Christians and Muslims |
| on your rank with the kings/queens | How was hierarchy in Europe based? |
| Nuclear Family | mother, father, and children |
| Extended Family | mother, father, sister, brothers, as well as other relatives |
| Portugese | Who were the first Europeans to interact with Native Americans and Africans? |
| Plantation System | large farms that primarily grew a single cash crop and used slaves as the main source of labor |
| large | Why was slavery so important to the survival of plantations? |
| Columbian Exchange | the exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages |
| disease and spanish technology | What factors contributed to the demise of the Native Americans? |
| ice age and food | What theories explained how and why the first people arrived in the Americas? |
| by paying for someones voyage you got 50 acres | How did the joint stock companies encourage people to go to the new world? |
| John Smith | helped found and govern Jamestown, His leadership and strict discipline helped the Virginia colony get through the difficult first winter |
| Indentured Servants | colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years |
| agreed to work without for a certain amount of time | How did indentured servitude differ from slavery? |
| Economics | What was one reason given for the English use of African slaves? |
| Royal Colony | a colony under direct control of the king |
| Patrilineal | tracing your bloodline through your father's side |
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