APUSH Vocab

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  1. 2. — A small European sailing ship with three sails that could sail well against the wind. It helped Europeans explore Africa and the Americas.
  2. 4. — People of mixed Native American and European ancestry.
  3. 6. and Isabella — The king and queen of Spain who united Spain and supported Columbus's voyages.
  4. 7. — A Spanish system that gave colonists control over Native Americans in exchange for supposedly teaching them Christianity.
  5. 9. de Las Casas — A Spanish missionary who spoke out against the mistreatment of Native Americans and tried to end the encomienda system.
  6. 10. Coronado — A Spanish explorer who traveled north from Mexico in 1540 looking for the legendary Seven Cities of Gold, but instead found Native American pueblos.
  7. 12. Triste (1520) — The “Sad Night” when the Aztecs attacked Cortés and his soldiers in Tenochtitlan, killing many Spanish soldiers.
  8. 13. of Acoma (1599) — A battle in which Spanish forces defeated the Pueblo people in present-day New Mexico.
  9. 15. — A powerful Native American empire in present-day Mexico. They were conquered by Hernán Cortés in 1521. They were known for trade, math, writing, and religious sacrifices.
  10. 16. — Spanish explorers and soldiers who conquered parts of the Americas, including the Aztec and Incan empires.
  11. 17. Pizarro — A Spanish explorer who conquered the Inca Empire in present-day Peru and founded Lima.
  12. 20. of Tordesillas (1494) — An agreement between Spain and Portugal that divided the newly explored lands between them. Spain received most of the Americas, while Portugal received lands in Africa and Asia.
  13. 21. — A large Native American settlement near present-day St. Louis that was home to as many as 25,000 people.
  14. 22. Revolt of 1680 — A Native American rebellion that drove the Spanish out of New Mexico for a time.
  15. 24. Cortés — A Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico.
  16. 25. (Doña Marina) — A Native American woman who served as an interpreter for Hernán Cortés during his conquest of the Aztecs.
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  1. 1. — An economic system based on private property, free trade, and competition.
  2. 3. Exchange — The movement of goods, crops, animals, people, and diseases between the Americas and Europe after 1492.
  3. 5. — A powerful South American civilization in present-day Peru. They were conquered by the Spanish under Francisco Pizarro in 1532. They used advanced farming methods like terrace farming.
  4. 8. — Countries where people share a common culture and are ruled by the same government.
  5. 11. farming — A Native American farming method that grew corn, beans, and squash together to produce more food.
  6. 14. — A large farm that grew crops to sell and often used enslaved or forced labor.
  7. 18. Columbus — A European explorer who reached the Caribbean in 1492 while trying to find a new route to Asia.
  8. 19. Shield — The first part of North America to rise above sea level.
  9. 23. Legend — The false idea that the Spanish only killed Native Americans and stole their gold.