U.S. History Key Terms: The New World and Early Colonization
[APUSH] Review #1
1. Chapter 1
Hopewell is a large Native American society located in the Mississippi Valley. They live on hunting and growing crops (maize) with prosperous culture of mound-building and distinctive pottery. Their political system is based on chiefdom with powerful ruling class.
The Iroquois Confederacy is a powerful association of 5 different Native American groups occupying the Eastern Woodlands region. The political authority is granted to councils of sachems. They live on hunting, fishing and gathering. Their society is matriarchal in which women are influential. The Iroquois is able to withstand attacks from opposing Native American groups and European colonists by skillful diplomacy.
The Sioux is a small settlement of Native American in present-day Minnesota. It is a confederation of 7 distinct peoples. The Sioux can ride horses and therefore, move west to dominate a vast territory.
The Pueblo is a large society of Native American located in the Arid Southwest. They develop irrigation system helping to manage scarce water and improve agriculture. They own distinctive building styles with towns built of adobe and rock.
Animism is the belief that nonhuman entities possess spiritual power. People need to perform rituals to appease these guardian spirits in order to ensure successful hunt, productive yield and good fortune. Women and men interact differently with these spiritual forces: women grow crops, maintain hearth, home, village and link their bodies’ generative functions with earth’s fertility; men hunt and war with rituals performed before, during and after every hunt to make sure the animal’s spirit rests.
Prince Henry of Portugal is a navigator and a sponsor for the voyages seeking maritime route to trade gold and slaves with Africa. He contributes in the opening of a long sea route around South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope, which leads to more intensive trade between Europe and Africa and Portugal’s dominance in the
1. Chapter 1
Hopewell is a large Native American society located in the Mississippi Valley. They live on hunting and growing crops (maize) with prosperous culture of mound-building and distinctive pottery. Their political system is based on chiefdom with powerful ruling class.
The Iroquois Confederacy is a powerful association of 5 different Native American groups occupying the Eastern Woodlands region. The political authority is granted to councils of sachems. They live on hunting, fishing and gathering. Their society is matriarchal in which women are influential. The Iroquois is able to withstand attacks from opposing Native American groups and European colonists by skillful diplomacy.
The Sioux is a small settlement of Native American in present-day Minnesota. It is a confederation of 7 distinct peoples. The Sioux can ride horses and therefore, move west to dominate a vast territory.
The Pueblo is a large society of Native American located in the Arid Southwest. They develop irrigation system helping to manage scarce water and improve agriculture. They own distinctive building styles with towns built of adobe and rock.
Animism is the belief that nonhuman entities possess spiritual power. People need to perform rituals to appease these guardian spirits in order to ensure successful hunt, productive yield and good fortune. Women and men interact differently with these spiritual forces: women grow crops, maintain hearth, home, village and link their bodies’ generative functions with earth’s fertility; men hunt and war with rituals performed before, during and after every hunt to make sure the animal’s spirit rests.
Prince Henry of Portugal is a navigator and a sponsor for the voyages seeking maritime route to trade gold and slaves with Africa. He contributes in the opening of a long sea route around South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope, which leads to more intensive trade between Europe and Africa and Portugal’s dominance in the