American yawp chapter 1 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Cahokia the largest and most influential settlement of the Mississippian mound building culture Encomiendas the right to demand labor or tribute from Native Americans in a particular area. 00:02 01:23 Virginia Company English joint-stock company that received a charter from King James I that allowed it to found the Virginia colony. John Winthrop As governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, Winthrop (1588-1649) was instrumental in forming the colony's government an...

Three Sisters Eastern Woodlands crops - corn, squash, and beans. Mesoamericans Lived in modern day Mexico and Central America. Relied heavily on Maize. 00:02 01:23 shifting cultivation Cut forest, burn undergrowth, plant seeds in nutrient rich ashes. Useful in areas with difficult soil. Eastern Woodlands Forest dwelling Native American group. Established permanent agriculture. Used hand tools and practiced sustainable farming. Cultivated medicinal plants. Small...

The Columbian Exchange The global exchange of people, animals, plants, and disease (microbes) that occurred when Europeans began traveling to the Western Hemisphere. While there are obvious long-term ramifications for all parts of this exchange, it is especially worth noting that the transmission of European disease to the Americas killed an estimated 95 percent of Native Americans within 130 years of contact—a demographic disaster with no equivalent in human history. Three Sisters Re...

Hernan Cortes (1485-1547) Spanish Conquistador who defeated the Aztec Empire and claimed Mexico for Spain Franciso Pizzaro Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541) 00:02 01:23 The Maya Mesoamerican civilization concentrated in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and in Guatemala and Honduras but never unified into a single empire. Major contributions were in mathematics, astronomy, and development of the calendar...

What is the best term to describe Native American ancestry / descent ? Matrilineal The first Americans arrived on the North American continent approximately how long ago ? 12-20 thousand years ago 00:02 01:23 The crops most commonly grown by Native Americans , also called the Three Sisters , include.... Corn, beans, and squash Agriculture arose in North America ( and western hemisphere more generally ) when ? Nearly simultaneously as in Asia/eastern hemisphere ...

Columbian Exchange The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages. Three Sisters corn, beans, squash 00:02 01:23 Matrilineal relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother Pre-Columbian environmental disasters ... Cahokia an ancient settlement of southern Indians, located near present day St. Louis, it serve...

Colombian Exchange An exchange of goods, ideas and skills from the Old World (Europe, Asia and Africa) to the New World (North and South America) and vice versa following Columbus's voyage. Pocahontas Daughter of the Powhatan chief. She saved John Smith's life. Married John Rolfe and traveled England as a "poster child" for natives to conform to English ways. 00:00 01:23 Two Spirit/Berdache T-Native that was not considered a man or woman, but both. Sacred to them, ...

The first Americans arrived on the North American continent approximately 12-20 thousand years ago Agriculture arose in North America (and western hemisphere more generally) Nearly simultaneously as in Asia/eastern hemisphere 00:00 01:23 The crops most commonly grown by Native Americans, also called the "Three Sisters," include all of the following except wheat What is the best term to describe Native American ancestry/descent? matrilineal What was the...

columbian exchange The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages. sugar cultivation taking place in the Caribbean Islands, massive use of slave labor, labor intensive crops, so slaves were often worked to death. "Get in, get rich, and get out" mentality encomienda A grant of authority over a population of

American Yawp Study Guide Yawp Chapter 1 - Answer- The New World What is the name of the Native American group who lived in Chaco Canyon? - Answer- Pueblo What is the best term to describe Native American ancestry/descent? - Answer- Matrilineal What was the name of the largest city in the Mississippian Empire? - Answer- Cahokia Under the leadership of Prince Henry the Navigator, the Portuguese emerged as an early sea power. Which of these inventions contributed to Portuguese sea-f...