APUSH, Henretta Ch. 1 Study Guide

Which describes the first peoples who migrated to the Americas?

Bands of hunter-gatherers

What's the foundation for prosperous Native Americas societies in Mexico, Peru, & Mississippi River Valley?

The cultivation of maize

The Aztecs lived in present day

Mexico

Characteristics of the Aztec, Mayan, and Iroquois Civilization

Reliance on agriculture

Name for the European practice wherein the eldest son inherited nearly all of his father estate

Primogeniture

Describe trading relationships among Native Americans before the European contact

Native Americans developed expansive trade networks that spanned great distances

First European nation to explore the Atlantic as a route to Asia and the African trade

Portugal

John Calvin and Calvinist theologians of the 1500s?

The doctrine of predestination

Describe the impact of Columbian Exchange

Transported livestock, crops, and diseases among Africa, Europe, Asia, and America

What caused the decline of Indian population from 30 million in the 15th Century to 3 million by 1650?

Disease carried by Europeans

Why Columbus mentioned the American Indian's interest in glass beads and weapon?

Because it exemplified the very different worldview of American Indians

After Columbus's arrival in the West Indies, Spanish religion and Christian conversion were often used as a rationale to

Justify the subjugation of American Indians

The sentiments express by Columbus best support with future Spanish goal?

Attempting to change American Indian's beliefs and worldview

The Spanish and other Europeans justify the approach in the picture on basis of

White superiority