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    [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

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    parts of Asia and Africa and also Brazil. Iroquois Confederacy- Composed of several tribes and nations of the natives in North America. Had extreme political and military skills that made them feared among other natives and even the colonists. Encomienda- Allowed Government to "give" Indians to colonists in hopes of Christianizing them. Was actually slavery. CHAPTER 2 Powhatan(Group or chief? Did both.)- Is a name of an Indian confederation of tribes that were located in Virginia. Chief Powhatan

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    1. Commercial cities that served as meeting points between distant cultures are called: a. way stations. b. warehouses. c. entrepôts. d. shipping centers. e. nodes. 2. Cairo and Alexandria in Egypt: a. did not need to provide protection for merchants as most trade came by land rather than by sea. b. established a commercial law apart from religion so that all people could participate in trade. c. had Muslim and Jewish trading firms that worked as close partners in

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    The American Pageant‚ 13th Edition Textbook Notes Chapter 01 - New World Beginnings I. The Shaping of North America 1. Recorded history began 6‚000 years ago. It was 500 years ago that Europeans set foot on the Americas to begin colonization 2. The theory of Pangaea exists suggesting that the continents were once nestled together into one mega-continent. They then spread out as drifting islands. 3. Geologic forces of continental plates created the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains. 4. The

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    Columbus‚ the Indians‚ and Human Progress by Howard Zinn Posted on October 13‚ 2009 by dandelionsalad by Howard Zinn Featured Writer Dandelion Salad October 12‚ 2009 Image by Whiskeygonebad via Flickr An excerpt from A People’s History of the United States. Arawak men and women‚ naked‚ tawny‚ and full of wonder‚ emerged from their villages onto the island’s beaches and swam out to get a closer look at the strange big boat. When Columbus and his sailors came ashore‚ carrying swords‚ speaking

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    CLOE ORTIZ DE MENDIVIL 4311 - FALL 2014 Where do we find the answers? CARDOSO-HELWEGE: Chapters 1‚ 2‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7 FRANKO: 3‚ 4‚ 5 Slides on moodle Articles on moodle Instructions:       Here you have a list of questions to help you prepare for the midterm. You should know all the material included in these questions but this does not mean that all midterm questions are going to be copy paste from this list. You should be ready to answer very similar questions. Learn and understand the material

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    History Handout (Religion) *Roman Catholic Religion and Islam are the two dominant religions in the country Functions of religion: -it explains the unknown -source of strength and hope -for the Muslims‚ it legitimates one’s claim to authority (by the use of Tarsila) According to Karl Marx “Religion is the opium for the masses” Religions in the Philippines (developed‚ entered and flourished): Anitoism‚ Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ Islam and Christianity Anitoism: -it was first termed as animism -dominated

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    Robert W. Strayer Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources Second Edition Chapter 13 Political Transformations: Empires and Encounters‚ 1450–1750 Copyright © 2013 by Bedford/St. Martin’s I. European Empires in the Americas A. The European Advantage 1. Geography and winds: Europe had a decided advantage for access to the Americas as it was a short trip across the Atlantic and the winds were steady and favorable‚ unlike the shifting monsoon winds of the Indian Ocean. 2. European

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    Historians believe that the earliest peoples to settle the Western Hemisphere did so between 15‚000 to 20‚000 years ago. They were a set of people that were nomadic: always on the go in search of food and warmer climate. This is the reason‚ it is believed‚ they came across the Bering Strait during the winter when it formed a land bridge connecting Asia to Alaska. Among these groups of early settlers were the - 1. Incas of Peru 2. Aztecs of Mexico 3. Mayans of Yucatan Peninsula (Belize‚ Guatemala

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    SPANISH PERIOD East Meets West Making the food more palatable to the most discriminating medieval tastes triggered the search of spices of all sorts. • Pepper‚ Cinnamon‚ Cloves‚ Nutmeg‚ Ginger *These spices are indigenous to the east. By means of these spices‚ the bland taste of meat and fish is accented‚ while preserving them‚ in the absence of refrigerator. Pepper - one of the most expensive spices. It is expensive that it could even buy a land‚ pay taxes‚ liberate a city and even play dowries

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