P1 Key Concepts Flashcards
1
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Christopher Columbus
A
Italian explorer that thought he landed in India when he instead landed in the Americas.
2
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Aztecs, Mayans, Incas
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Large native empires conquered by the Spanish Conquistadors
3
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Francisco Pizarro and Hernan Cortes
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Spanish Conquistadors
4
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Colombian Exchange
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The exchange of animals, plants, ideas, and diseases between the Old and New World
5
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Bartolome de las Casas
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Spanish missionary; anti-Encomienda and enslavement of Natives
6
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Juan de Sepulveda
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Spanish priest that supported the Encomienda System and enslavement of Natives
7
Q
Encomienda System
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Method of slavery imposed on the Natives by the Spanish
8
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The Black Legend
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A term describing the harsh and inhumane treatment of Natives by the Spanish