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Creoles

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Known as criollos, they were born in the new world from European parents

Second on the pyramid

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Mestizos

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Born to an American parent and a European parent

Third on pyramid

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Mulattos

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Born to African and European parents

Third on pyramid

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Who is last in the pyramid?

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The native Americans and black slaves

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GGG

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God, Gold, Glory

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Prince Henry the Navigator

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Started the school for navigation in 1419

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The Olmecs

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Known as the rubber people

Mesoamerica’s first known civilization

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Peninsulares

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Iberian Aristocrats

Top of the pyramid

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Aztecs

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Based its power on military conquest
Nobles rule Aztec society
Controlled an extensive trade network
Polytheistic
1502 Montezuma II crowned emperor and Aztec empire began to weaken
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Chinampas

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Farm plots built by the Aztecs on marshy fringes of the lake

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Incas

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Believed Incan ruler was descended from the sun God
Inca empire stretched 2,500 miles and called it tihuantinsuya
Pachacuti became ruler in 1438

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CAM

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Cortez conquers Aztecs in Mexico

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PIP

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Pizarro conquers Incas in Peru

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Viceroy

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Ruled Spanish colonies in place of the king

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Sextant

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Helped determine latitude

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Encomienda System

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Stated that the people could use the Native Americans as slaves and they had to provide them with necessities

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Bartolomeu Dias

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Sailed around the cape of good hope (bottom of Africa)

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Vasco de Gama

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Sailed around Africa and opened all water trade route

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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Stopped Spain and Portugal from fighting by dividing South America with the treaty of Demarcation

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Circumnavigated the earth

Also made Strait of Magellan which was a shortcut

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Mayans

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Influenced by the Olmecs
Human sacrifices and offerings
Writing and mathematics

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