Neolithic revolution correct answer: the transition from hunting and gathering to farming. In Central America at about 8,000 b.c.e. aided by the development of cron
North American societies before outside contact correct answer: small bands of people living in isolation
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Neolithic revolution correct answer: the transition from hunting and gathering to farming. In Central America at about 8,000 b.c.e. aided by the development of cron
North American societies before outside contact correct answer: small bands of people living in isolation
European societies before outside contact correct answer: acute population pressure, constant warfare, new ideas (aided by the printing press), Protestant Reformation and large nation-states were prevelant
African societies before outside contact correct answer: villages
and big cities along trade routes along with herding peoples in the Sahara
Treaty of Tordesillas correct answer: the treaty, brokered by the
pope, confirmed Portugal's right to control the route around Africa to India, and Spain's claim to most of the newly discovered lands of America.
conquistadores correct answer: Spanish 'conqueror' or soldier in
the New World. They were searching for the 3-G's: gold, God, and glory.
ecomienda system correct answer: a kind of feudalism granting Spanish colonists control of conquered lands and obliging the Indians to provide forced labor and a fixed portion of their harvests
John Cabot correct answer: Italian explorer who led the English
expedition (giving England claim to the land) in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498)
Giovanni de Verrazano correct answer: Italian explorer of the Atlantic coast of North America
Jacques Cartier correct answer: French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France (1491-1557)
John Calvin correct answer: French humanist whose theological
writings profoundly influenced religious thoughts of Europeans. Developed Calvinism at Geneva
Martin Luther correct answer: German theologian who led the Reformation (believed Grace was granted based on faith)
Henry VIII correct answer: (1491-1547) King of England from 1509 to 1547; his desire to annul his marriage led to a conflict with the pope, England's break with the Roman Catholic Church, and its embrace of Protestantism. Henry established the Church of England in 1532.
joint-stock companies correct answer: enabled groups of investors to pool their capital and limit their individual responsibilities to the sums actually invested
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