History Vocab Colonial Society:People and places

Question 1

Francis Drake

Answer 1

Pirate hired by england, attacked spanish settlements and then was authorized to conduct raids on west coast, first englishmen to circumnavigate the world, gets knighted, died of dysentery

Question 2

Missionaries

Answer 2

religious monks, tried to convert “nat amer” to catholicism, built churches in remote areas, destroyed nat american temples, statues documents and religous objects

Question 3

Missions

Answer 3

Missions were when people were called together to spread their religion, this is when the missionaries spread christianity

Question 4

Lady of guadalupe

Answer 4

Lady who appeared to juan diego and was a big symbol for the native american people for hope ***** fix this up

Question 5

castas

Answer 5

social class that doesnt change at all its cast together, decided by government

Question 6

peninsulares

Answer 6

rich white people from europe highest amount of power

Question 7

creoles

Answer 7

white people that were born in colonies a little less power than peninsulares

Question 8

mestizos

Answer 8

half white half native american has more rights then mullatos and zambos but cant be in government so they are artisans

Question 9

mullatos

Answer 9

half black, half european, they had little rights

Question 10

zambos

Answer 10

black and native american they had very little rights at all practically none.

Question 11

maroons

Answer 11

escaped slaves, Formed communities
Lived in remote areas
Could be recaptured
Slave owners saw them as a dangerous example that might encourage other slaves to escape so often executed captured maroons.

Question 12

patriarchy

Answer 12

the eldest son gets the inheritance and the money and land and has the most say in all daily lives

Question 13

padrinos

Answer 13

godparents who were in charge of their godchild’s religious upbringing to ensure that the process was done correctly.