Apush Chapter One Vocabulary

Chapter 1 Vocabulary

Old World= Europe and the surrounding countries.

New World= newly founded countries in the Americas.

Appalachian Mountains= A mountain range in the eastern united states created by the continuous shifting and folding of earth’s crust.

Tidewater Region= A narrow eastern coastal plain creased with river valleys.

Rocky Mountains=A mountain range in the western united states formed by continental plates.

Great Lakes=the melting of glaciers and the Canadian Shield formed lakes in the Northern United states and Canada.

Missouri- Mississippi- Ohio River System=Formed to drain the area between the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains.

Land Bridge= huge area of land that connected Europe and the Americas during the ice age 35,000 years ago.

Maize= A type of Indian corn that fed lots of people in Central America.

Aztecs= an Indian civilization that would make human sacrifices to their gods.

Incas= A Indian civilianization located in Peru that was wiped out by Francisco Pizarro

Pueblo= Pueblo is Spanish for village and was a group of people that used an irrigation system to water their crops.

Mound Builders= Native Americans of the Ohio River valley that planted corn to survive.

Three-sister Farming= the three main crops of Native American groups. The crops are maize, beans, and squash.

Cherokee= A Native American tribe that was densely populated due to three-sister farming.

Iroquois= Developed a political and organizational skills to sustain a large military alliance that threatened its neighbors.

Vinland= A place rich with wild grapes in Newfoundland that was founded by Scandinavians.

Crusaders= Christians that fought to take back the holy land from the Muslims. Though unsuccessful they got a taste for exotic delights.

Venice= Place in Italy that had merchants that sold luxuries for lots of money.

Genoa= Also had merchants that sold goods which made European consumers eager to have more.

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