The americas Flashcards
Indigenous
originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.
Maya
Mayans developed the science of astronomy, calendar systems, and hieroglyphic writing
Aztec
A nomadic culture, the Aztecs eventually settled on several small islands in Lake Texcoco where, in 1325, they founded the town of Tenochtitlan, modern-day Mexico City.
Inca
South American Indians who, at the time of the Spanish conquest in 1532, ruled an empire that extended along the Pacific coast and Andean highlands from the northern border of modern Ecuador to the Maule River in central Chile.
The Columbian exchange
. The process by which commodities, people, and diseases crossed the Atlantic
Economienda
a formal system of forced labor in Spanish colonies in Latin America and the Philippines, intended to encourage conquest and colonization
Missions system
A group of missions founded in by Franciscan monks in the Spanish colonies that forces Native people to convert to Catholicism and adopt Spanish agriculture and culture.
Conquistador
The Conquistador s, meaning “conquerors”, were Iberian military adventurers who operated as the vanguard of empires in the 15th and 16th centuries by exploring areas of the world unknown to Europeans, defeating indigenous armies, and then distributing loot and land. (Hernán Cortés, Francisco Pizarro, etc.)
Hernan cortez
a Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire (1519–21) and won Mexico for the crown of Spain.
Fransisco Pizarro
a Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire (1519–21) and won Mexico for the crown of Spain.
Bartolome de la Casa
revealed the atrocities of the conquests of New Spain and Peru and who strove to protect the basic rights of indigenous peoples in the Spanish Empire.
