Early U.S. History

Conquistadors were...

• an early American tribe found in present day Mexico.

• savage Spanish & Portuguese conquerors of the Americas.

• humanitarians who brought enlightenment to America's indigenous populations.

• French fur traders.

The Line of Demarcation, first introduced in 1493 by Pope Alexander VI and revised a year later by the Treaty of Tordesillas was...

• ...an imaginary line drawn to separate Spanish-explored lands to the East & Portuguese-explored lands to the West.

• ...later known as the International Date Line.

• ...an imaginary boundary drawn along a meridian which provided that the Spanish could claim lands to the West of it and Portuguese could claim lands to the East of it.

• ...devised to cut North America in half.

Privateers were...

• ...privately owned companies that funded early colonial fur traders.

• ...government sponsored pirate ships.

• ...corporate raiders utilized by the Pope.

• ...colorfully dressed characters that traveled with conquistadors in order to keep them happy.

The American encomienda system instituted by the Spanish ...

• ...provided Spanish colonists with indigenous labor in return for protection and education.

• ...saw an increase in native populations through benevolent treatment by their Spanish benefactors.

• ...was thinly-veiled slavery which lead to severe abuses and atrocities against indigenous peoples by the Spanish overlords.

• ...was a well-run and positive economic system that benefited the natives who joined the workforce.

A presidio was...

• ...a Spanish church.

• ...a Spanish house.

• ...a Spanish fort.

• ...a Spanish market.

Plantations in Spain's early colonization of America grew...

• ...cash crops.

• ...mostly European plants.

• ...jack o'lanterns.

The Columbian Exchange was...

• ...a trading system between North & South America.

• ...the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries.

• ...the earliest market or store to set up shop in the Americas.

• ...later changed to Armani Exchange.

A colony is...

• ...an area settled in a foreign land by individuals who continue to be ruled by their parent country.

• ...a political system.

• ...only run by successful governors.

• ...an area of land similar to a county except run by religious leaders.

The Treaty of Tordesillas was...

• ...made between Muslims and Catholics in Spain.

• ...ended the War of the Worlds.

• ...a treaty between United Federation of Planets and the Romulan Star Empire in 2311.

• ...an agreement between Spain and Portugal aimed at settling conflicts over lands newly discovered or explored by late 15th century voyagers.

An isthmus is...

• ...a narrow strait of water connecting two large bodies of water.

• ...a narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land.

• ...a large area of a continent that contains many independent ecosystems.

• ...is a long border between warring countries.