FAC APUSH Period 1.4-1.6

Christopher Columbus

• The Italian explorer who sailed west for Spain to find spices, silks and trade goods

• The Spanish explorer who sailed west and found America

• The French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence River area.

• The English exploer who sailed for Spain and found a large inlet off the coast of Canada

Treaty of Tordesillas

• a treaty negotiated by the Pope to divide the new world, its land and resources between Spain and Portugal

• a treaty negotiated by the Pope to bring peace between Protestants and Catholics in Europe

• a treaty negotiated by the Pope to bring peace between the Aztecs and the Spanish

• a treaty negotiated by the Pope to provide more Christian conditions and treatment of the native people by the Spanish in Mexico

Hernan Cortes

• the conquistador who defeated the Inca

• The conquistador who defeated the Tianno

• the conquistador who defeated the Aztecs

• the conquistador who explored what is now the southwestern United States.

Francisco Pizarro

• the conquistador who defeated the Inca

• The conquistador who defeated the Tianno

• the conquistador who defeated the Aztecs

• the conquistador who explored what is now the southwestern United States.

feudalism

• a social structure in which kings give land to nobles who then owe the king loyalty and service. The nobles then grant land to knights in return for the same, etc through all levels of society

• a political system in which citizens vote for their leaders and are able to hold them accountable for their actions while in office

• a social structure in which the most intelligent control the land and people are granted work and positions according to their abilities

• a political system in which one person holds all the power through force and coersioin

serf

• a farmer in the feudal system who owns his own land and pays taxes to the manor lord

• a farmer in the feudal system who could not leave the land, own property, or marry without the manor lord's consent

• a farmer in the feudal system who works directly for the king on the royal estates

• a farmer in the feudal system who rents his land from the manor lord

silk, spices, and porcelain

• trade goods the Europeans were introduced to during the Crusades and which became profitable trade items in Europe

• products that were producted by people in Europe and sold to people in China along the Silk Road after the Crusades

• products that were traded between Europe and Africa in the years following the fall of the Roman Empire

• trade goods that were shipped into Europe from the Americas after the discovery of America

the Black Death

• a disease that spread from Europe into Asia and caused the deaths of 1/2 of the Asian population in the 1400s.

• a disease that spread from Asia into Europe and caused the deaths of a third of Europe's population in the 1300s.

• a disease that Europeans carried to the Americas after exploration that turned out to be the deadliest result of European contact

assimilation

• the struggle to maintain your own culture under pressure from others to change your ways to match theirs

• the process of adopting the economic patterns and habits of a minority group

• the process of becoming similar to others by taking in and using their customs and culture

• the process of changing one's behavior in a certain way in order to gain attention from powerful people

three sisters

• a reference to the three crops that Native Americans frequently grew together: corn, beans and squash

• a reference to the fates of ancient Greece who controlled men's destiny

• a reference to the royal family of Isabella of Spain and their fight for control of the country

• a reference to the gods of the Native American people of the Mound Builder societies