World History Finals !! Flashcards
Every Lesson in One Deck
Requerimiento
a document that allowed conquistadors to justify them attacking and enslaving those who knew of but rejected Christ (covered Muslims, but not Indians)
Hernán Cortés
- A Spanish conquistador and explorer
- In search of gold and land to conquer
The Middle Passage
Extra: How were Slaves treated on The Middle Passage?
- The middle step in the process: bringing slaves from Africa to the Americas
- They were packed into tight spaces on ships (harsh treatment)
What were consequences of Atlantic slave trade?
- Tore apart African civilizations, families, and tribes
- Contributed to the economic and cultural growth of the Americas
- Large population of African-Americans in the Americas
The Middle Passage traded what?
- Manufactured goods
- Slaves
- Raw goods (sugar, cotton, etc)
Columbian Exchange
Global transfer of food, plants, animals, and diseases
The Canton System
All trade with China was traded from the Southern port of Canton
The Colonial Class System
The more Spanish you were the higher up you were on the class system
Encomienda System
Extra: What did the encomienda system force Natives to do?
-A system that forced Natives to become more Spanish like
- Mine silver in Potosi-Bolivia and in Mexico
2.Natives must provide 10% of all grown foods
3.Work all the Spanish Fields
Which Mountain mass produced silver?
Cerro Rico “Rich Mountain”
Pueblo Rebellion
Extra: What were the consequences of it?
-1680- after nearly 150 years of forced conversion and the encomienda, Pueblos revolted
- Pushed Spain out of Pueblo lands for 12 years
Who Reformed the encomienda system?
Bartolomé de Las Casas
The Banda Islands
- Traded with the Indian Ocean Network for centuries
- Held one of the most valued spices (nutmeg)
The Shogun
- Made Christianity illegal
- Kicked out Portuguese, Spain, and the British
- Wished to control diffusion of foreign ideas
The Treaty of Tordesillas
- Divides the world into Spanish and Portuguese territory
- Anything to the west of the line (down the Middle of the word) goes to Spain, and anything to left of the line goes to Portugal
- Used to prevent war and conflict
Spanish Social Pyramid
The more Spanish you were the higher up you were on the class system
What disease decimated the native population in the New World?
Small Pox
Vasco Da Gama
- First European to sail through the Indian Ocean to Asia
- Set course for a modern globally independent world
