Quiz 1 Flashcards
(41 cards)
Primary source
Historical source from someone living during time period/event documenting that time period/event
Secondary source
Source that analyzes and interprets primary source(s)
Ferdinand and Isabella
Rulers of Spain in late 1400s-early 1500s, spearhead reconquista and inquisition, fund Columbus’ trip to Americas
Reconquista
Reconquest- Ferdinand and Isabella take territory from Moors (Granada last to fall) and unite loose kingdoms into Spain
Atlantic world
“New World”, Latin America
Atlantic creoles
People with higher contact with Iberians
Kingdom of Kongo
In west central Africa, dominated broad region w/many linguistically related Bantu groups, relied on agriculture and metallurgical sector
Convivencia
Coexistence, in context of Christians living with Muslims and Jewish people
Feitoria
Portuguese forts
Transatlantic slave trade
Europeans enslaved African people and transferred them to americas to do labor
Popul Vuh
Film/creation myth of the k’iche’ maya
Maya
Indigenous group in Mesoamérica, sedentary, around Yucatán peninsula
Mexica (Aztec)
Occupied central Mexico, centered in Tenochtitlán, empire
Inca
Located in South America (Andes mountains), huge empire
Taíno
Indigenous people in Caribbean
Tupinamba
Indigenous group living on coast of Brazil
Nuremberg chronicles
Documents history of man, maps inhabited world
Aztec calendar stone
Calendar divided into several ages that describes history and future
Quipu
Inca method of documenting information, ropes with knots
Vertical archipelago
Refers to life in Andes mountains, different elevations treated as “islands”
Mit’a labor
Labor tax levied by inca for specific state projects
Treaty of tordesillas
1494- moved pope’s line 1000 leagues west, confirming Portugal’s right to territory in Africa and route to India
Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala
Native Andean educated by missionaries that became interpreter for Spanish and Quechua speakers
What were the most important characteristics of 15th century Iberian society?
Social, economic, legal inequalities
Conquest mentality
Catholic Church dominates
Concerned w/women’s sexual purity