Chapter 16 Flashcards
Conquistador
the spanish soldiers, explorers, and fortune hunters who took part in the conquest of the americas in 16th century
Potlatch
a ceremonial feast used to display rank and prosperity in some NW coast tribes of Native Americans
pueblos
a village of large apartment like buildings made of clay and stone, built by Anasazi and later ppls of the americas SW
Native American Land beliefs
***viewed the land as sacred, that couldn’t be bought or sold
influenced most aspects of Mayan life
polytheistic
mesoamerica
an area extending from cent. Mexico to Honduras, where several of the ancient complex societies of the americans developed
Mound Builders
created their own, unique techniques of building
used mainly for burials, but had other uses as well (religious ceremonies)
possibly traded all the way to meso america
Iroquois League
a group of Native American peoples who spoke related languages, lived in the eastern Great Lakes region of North America and formed an alliance in late 1500s