Ch 25 Americas and Oceania Flashcards
Who were the Taino? Where did they come from?
What did Columbus do on the island of Hispaniola? What did Columbus force the Taino to do?
What was the encomienda?
Who was Hernan Cortes? What was his background?
How did Hernan Cortes end up at the Aztec kingdom? What did he find when he got there?
How did Hernan Cortes take over the Aztecs? What other factors will affect the Aztecs?
Who was Francisco Pizarro?
What group of people did Francisco Pizarro take over? What factors helped him do this?
How will Spanish colonial governments specifically rule in the Americas (Mexico/Peru)?
Who were viceroys? What were their roles?
What were audiencias?
How did the Portuguese come to rule Brazil?
What did the Portuguese government look like?
How did sugar plantations play a role with the Portuguese?
What two European countries were exploring North America? What were they looking for during the 1600s?
How were North American colonial governments different than those run by Iberian peninsula colonies?
What were the relationships like between North American colonists and indigenous people?
Describe these multicultural societies:
Mestizo
Mulattoes
Zambos
Overall, how will the multicultural societies (Mestizo, Mulattoes and Zambos) be created in Iberian peninsula colonies?
Who were peninsulares?
Who were creoles?
How are multicultural societies different in the North American colonies?
What is metis?
What is the importance of mining gold in the Spanish colonies?
What is the importance of mining silver in the Spanish colonies?
What are the two important mining towns? Why are they important?
What was the quinto?
How did silver become global?
How did haciendas work and how was the repartimiento system different than the encomiendas system?
How did indigenous populations rebel or protest colonial powers?
Describe the Engenho (sugar plantations) in Brazil
How did Brazil turn to African slavery instead of using the indigenous populations already there?
Describe North American fur trade
What was the environmental impact of the fur trade in North America?
Explain competition and it’s effects from the fur trade
What were the cash crops in North America?
What group was the labor source for cash crops initially? What group replaced the initial labor source?
How did Spanish missionaries promote religion (Christianity) in the New World?
Who/what was the Virgin of Guadalupe? What was its significance?
How did the French and English missionaries differ from the Spanish missionaries?
How was Australia discovered?
What did England use the Australia area as? Why?
