Americas/Exploration Flashcards
Indigenous
originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.
“coriander is indigenous to southern Europe”
Maya
Mesoamerican Indians occupying a nearly continuous territory in southern Mexico, Guatemala, and northern Belize.
Aztec
native American people who dominated northern Mexico at the time of the Spanish conquest in the early 16th century.
Inca
South American Indians who, at the time of the Spanish conquest in 1532, ruled an empire that extended along the Pacific coast and Andean highlands from the northern border of modern Ecuador to the Maule River in central Chile.
The Columbian Exchange
The process by which commodities, people, and diseases crossed the Atlantic
Encomienda
conquistador, a soldier, an official, or others of a specified number of “Indios
Missions System
A group of missions founded in by Franciscan monks in the Spanish colonies that forces Native people to convert to Catholicism and adopt Spanish agriculture and culture.
Conquistador
a person who is out to conquer new territory
Hernan Cortez
known for conquering the Aztecs and claiming Mexico on behalf of Spain.
Francisco Pizzaro
Spanish conqueror of the Inca empire and founder of the city of Lima.
Bartolome de la Casa
an early Spanish historian and Dominican missionary
