Terms & Definitions: Early Americas, European Settlements & Economic Policies, Quizzes of United States History

Download Terms & Definitions: Early Americas, European Settlements & Economic Policies and more Quizzes United States History in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 The Bering Strait DEFINITION 1 A land bridge between Asia and the Americans created during the last Ice Age 20-30,000 years ago used by prehistoric humans to travel from Asia to America. TERM 2 Chiefdom DEFINITION 2 A society ruled by a hereditary and often semi divine chief. TERM 3 Cahokia DEFINITION 3 Largest of the mound building site in the country. It is near present day St. Louis, MO. It was inhabited between 600-400 A.D. And about 20,000 residents lived there. TERM 4 Tenochtitlan DEFINITION 4 Capital city of the Aztec Empire. Located on the same site as present day Mexico City. It had 200,000 residents. TERM 5 Gold, God, and Glory DEFINITION 5 Gold: The lure of profit. God: The wish to spread their faith. Glory: The desire for individual/national acclaim. TERM 6 Joint Stock Company DEFINITION 6 A private company with several partners as investors. Partners hold shares in the company and receive payment from the company's profits. TERM 7 St. Augustine DEFINITION 7 The first permanent European settlement in North America in 1565. TERM 8 Encomienda System DEFINITION 8 Royal Grants of land to ex soldiers in the spanish military to encourage settlement in the New World. TERM 9 Columbian Exchange DEFINITION 9 The exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old World (Europe) and the New World (Americas) as a result of content between Native Americans and Europeans. TERM 10 Robert de la Salle DEFINITION 10 A French explorer who sailed through the Great Lakes and down the Mississippi River into the Gulf Of Mexico in 1679.