History study guides chapter 1-2

By 7000 B.C.E, indigenous people in the Americas had begun transitioning into farming societies.

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Mexica tribes originated in northwest Mexico and were later called the Aztecs by Europeans.

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Most North American tribal leaders ruled with absolute authority.

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The pueblo cultures were located primarily in what is today American Southwest

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Cahokians were known for constructing stone dwellings into cliff sides.

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Ferdinand and Isabella forced Muslims and Jews to either become Christian or leave Spain.

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Many of the New World's early explorers were looking for a shorter route around Africa to India.

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The New World was named for the Portuguese-sponsored explorer Amerigo Vespucci.

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John Cabot's landfall in North America gave England the basis for a later claim to all of North America.

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Calvinism stressed tolerance and liberal theology rather than a strict moral code.

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