Geoterms Quiz 2 Flashcards
Solar Year
The time it takes earth to travel once around the sun
Stele
A vertical stone slab or pillar with carvings or inscriptions
Glyph
A symbol for a word, idea, or sound in a hieroglyphic system of writing
Dialect
A regional variety of a language
Pictograph
A drawing that stands for a word, phrase, or name
Suspension Bridge
A bridge held by cables anchored at each end
Trephination
A type of surgery in which a hole is made in the skull
Quipus
Knotted thread created by the inca to document
Treaty of Tordesilla
Agreement that split all not-yet explored lands between Spain & Portugal
Conquistadors
Spanish conquer of the Americas
Great Dying
a colonial pattern of trade that involved the transport of slaves from Africa to the Americas, sugar and other products from the Americas to Europe, and manufactured goods from Europe to Africa
Colombian Exchange
a colonial pattern of trade that involved the transport of slaves from Africa to the Americas, sugar and other products from the Americas to Europe, and manufactured goods from Europe to Africa
Hernan Cortes
Small spanish conquistador that found the Aztec empire
Triangular Trade
a colonial pattern of trade that involved the transport of slaves from Africa to the Americas, sugar and other products from the Americas to Europe, and manufactured goods from Europe to Africa
Smallpox
A disease that spread from Europe
Haciendas
A land of state supplied with food to grown colonial cities for wealthy families
Mestizos
Persons of mixed European and native ancestry
Middle passage
A person who provides service that links to people or groups
Mercantilism
An economic philosophy that favored self-sufficiently, called for stockpiling gold and silver, encouraged exports and discouraged exports
