APUSH Unit One: Chapter 1
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13 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Primogenture | system of inheritance from father to elfers son for ownership or possesion or land (Ch. 1) |
| Mestizo | A person of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry. (Ch. 1) |
| Moors | Spanish Muslims (Ch. 1) |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | treaty where Spain and Portugal divided newly found non-Christian land in New World (Ch. 1) |
| Enclosure | process of taking over and fencing off land once shared by peasant farmers (Ch. 1) |
| Pueblos | villages of large apartment-style compounds made of stone and adobde. (Ch. 1) |
| `Black Legend | Promoted by Bartolome de Las Casas. Belief that the Spanish only killed, tortured, and stole in the Americas while doing nothing good (Ch. 1) |
| Incas | Ancient civilization (1200-1500AD) that was located in the Andes in Peru (Ch. 1) |
| Aztecs | Ancient civilization (1200-1521AD) that was located in what is present-day Mexico City (Ch. 1) |
| Mayas | Native American empire located in the Yucatan Peninsula., Ancient from about A. D. 300 to A. D. 900. (Ch. 1) |
| Columbian Exchange | The global transfer of plants, animals, and diseases that occurred during the European colonization of the Americas (Ch. 1) |
| Conquistadors | spanish soldiers and explorers who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain (Ch. 1) |
| Malinche | daughter of a Mayan leader that helped Cortes as his main translator and kept an eye on Aztec spies (Ch. 1) |
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