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Ch. 1
Matrilineal- Family arrangement in which children typically follow the clan of their
mother and married men move into the clan of their wives; most often seen in agricultural
societies
Polytheistic – Belief system consisting of belief in many deities
Iroquois Confederacy – Group of northeastern tribes that joined to form a political and
trading entity and later created an elaborate political system; also known as the
Haudenosaunee Confederation
Protestant Reformation – Movement that challenged the Catholic Church to return to its
unornamented origins; protesters criticized Church rituals, including the Mass, confession
rites, and pilgrimages to holy sites
The “Islamic Middleman” -
African Slavery (in Africa) and identity – Possessed slaves usually captives from wars or
debtors who had sold themselves into slavery to pay off their debt. It did not enslave
captives for life, nor did it necessarily deny them access to education. 250,000 African
slaves that went to North America influenced labor, social, and cultural relations in the
New World. Identity and slavery, in Africa prisoner of war, conqueror war, after a long
time they let you go, children went with you. “Color” was not a concern. Slavery was
age-old/Slavery and wealth/Centrality of family/Religion monotheistic one god.
Ch. 2
Prince Revolution - Inflationary event, such as the huge influx of silver to Spain in the
mid-1500s, that causes the price of goods to surpass the wages paid to laborers and
landless agricultural workers
Columbian Exchange – Biological crossover of agricultural products, domesticated
animals, and microbial diseases from Europe to the New World and vice versa
Jamestown – English settlement of 1607 in present-day Virginia
