P1 Key Concepts Flashcards

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Christopher Columbus

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Italian explorer that thought he landed in India when he instead landed in the Americas.

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Aztecs, Mayans, Incas

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Large native empires conquered by the Spanish Conquistadors

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Francisco Pizarro and Hernan Cortes

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Spanish Conquistadors

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Colombian Exchange

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The exchange of animals, plants, ideas, and diseases between the Old and New World

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Bartolome de las Casas

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Spanish missionary; anti-Encomienda and enslavement of Natives

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Juan de Sepulveda

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Spanish priest that supported the Encomienda System and enslavement of Natives

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Encomienda System

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Method of slavery imposed on the Natives by the Spanish

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The Black Legend

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A term describing the harsh and inhumane treatment of Natives by the Spanish

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