Period 1 Vocab. Flashcard

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Home to nomadic Native Americans relying on game for needs:

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the Great Plains

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Tribe known for an advanced government system encountered by English settlers.

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the Iroquois

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Columbian Exchange impact on New World:

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new animals for food and labor.

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Impact of the Columbian Exchange on the Old World:

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Growth of food supply & population increase.

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Encomienda system view of Native Americans:

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a source of labor

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Impact of the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)

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Encouraged Spanish exploration of the New World.

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Economic practice where investors profit?

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Joint Stock Companies

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Lost colony name?

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Roanoke Island

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What enabled explorers to determine latitude at sea?

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astrolabe

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Spanish term for "to entrust" that gave colonists rights over Native Americans.

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encomienda