1 Terms Pt1 Flashcards
The Great Divide
Separation between the more developed America (USA, Canada) VS the lesser developed America (Latin America)
Dependency
When a region belongs to another state or country and that country
Developed World
Countries with strong economies and advanced technologies and a higher standard of living
Latin American elites
Imperial Powers
Spain, Portugal, Europe? I wish he gave and explained to us the definitions
Reconquista
period of 750 years in which several Christian Kingdoms expanded into the Iberian Peninsula to take back the territory stolen by Muslims (ended 1492)
Law of Burgos (1512)
The Laws of Burgos issued by Ferdinand II, the Catholic, regulated relations between Spaniards and the conquered Indians, particularly to ensure the spiritual and material welfare of the latter, who were often severely treated
Yanaconaje
Semi-servile indigenous labor, The Incan word yanaconaje refers to one of the early systems of labor in the New World. Yanakuna
Frontier of inclusion
Accepting the Native American as part of society, whether by converting them to Christianity or by marring Native American women
New Laws of the Indies (1542)
Spain bans the use of Native Americans as slaves, not all slaves just Native American slaves and they weren’t strictly followed
Viceroyalty System
An official that runs a polity (organised territory) in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory. They often come from noble families. A viceroyalty is that polity or organized territory.
Bartolomé de las Casas
First bishop of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. He devoted most of his life to protecting Amerindian peoples from exploitation. His major achievement was the New Laws of 1542, which limited the ability of Spanish settlers to compel Amerindians to labor.
Treaty of Tordesillas
A 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain, declaring that newly discovered lands to the west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean would belong to Spain and newly discovered lands to the east of the line would belong to Portugal.
Captaincy System
A historical administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires.
The inquisition
a Church court set up to try people accused of heresy
