Chapter 1 Flashcards
1
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Inca
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- Inca
- Present day Peruvian people
- Advanced
- Machu Picchu
2
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Aztec
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- Aztec
- Capital= Tenochtitlan
- Warriors
- Mexico
- Human Sacrifice
3
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Maize
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- Maize
- Corn
4
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3 sister farming
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- Three-sister farming
- Squash
- Corn
- Beans
5
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caravel
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- Caraval
- Small ship used by the Portuguese
6
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plantation
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- Plantation
- Farm specializing in cash crops
7
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Ferdinand/isabella
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- Ferdinand and Isabella
- King and Queen of Spain
8
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Christopher Columbus
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- Christopher Columbus
- Italian explorer
- ‘discovered’ the New World
9
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- Treaty of Tordesillas
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- Treaty of Tordesillas
- Treaty between Spain and Portugal
- Divided claimed land in New World
9
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Columbian Exchange
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- Columbian Exchange
- Exchange of goods between New & Old Worlds
10
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Conquistadores
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- Conquistadores
- Spanish/Portuguese
- Soldiers/expolers
11
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Capitalism
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- Capitalism
- When a country’s trade/profit is controlled by the owners
12
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Encomienda
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- Encomienda
- Spanish labor system
- Rewarded conquistadors with slaves
13
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Hernán Cortés
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- Hernán Cortés
- Spanish
- Conquered the Aztecs
14
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Bartolomé de las Casas
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- Bartolomé de las Casas
- Spanish missionary
- Protested against slavery
15
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Moctezuma
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- Moctezuma
- Aztec leader
16
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Small pox
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- Smallpox
- Responsible for the deaths of many native populations
16
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Noche Triste
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- Noche triste
- Night Tenochtitlan burned
- Aztec Empire was conquered
17
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Mestizo
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- Mestizo
- People of mixed native/european heritage
18
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The black legend
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- The Black Legend
- Concept that Spanish only killed, pillaged, and spread diseases in the New World
- Encouraged by British and French
