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Chapter 1 Flashcards

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Inca

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  • Inca
    • Present day Peruvian people
    • Advanced
    • Machu Picchu
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Aztec

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  • Aztec
    • Capital= Tenochtitlan
    • Warriors
    • Mexico
    • Human Sacrifice
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Maize

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  • Maize
    • Corn
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3 sister farming

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  • Three-sister farming
    • Squash
    • Corn
    • Beans
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caravel

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  • Caraval
    • Small ship used by the Portuguese
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plantation

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  • Plantation
    • Farm specializing in cash crops
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Ferdinand/isabella

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  • Ferdinand and Isabella
    • King and Queen of Spain
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Christopher Columbus

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  • Christopher Columbus
    • Italian explorer
    • ‘discovered’ the New World
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  • Treaty of Tordesillas
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  • Treaty of Tordesillas
    • Treaty between Spain and Portugal
    • Divided claimed land in New World
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Columbian Exchange

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  • Columbian Exchange
    • Exchange of goods between New & Old Worlds
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Conquistadores

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  • Conquistadores
    • Spanish/Portuguese
    • Soldiers/expolers
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Capitalism

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  • Capitalism
    • When a country’s trade/profit is controlled by the owners
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Encomienda

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  • Encomienda
    • Spanish labor system
    • Rewarded conquistadors with slaves
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Hernán Cortés

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  • Hernán Cortés
    • Spanish
    • Conquered the Aztecs
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Bartolomé de las Casas

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  • Bartolomé de las Casas
    • Spanish missionary
    • Protested against slavery
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Moctezuma

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  • Moctezuma
    • Aztec leader
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Small pox

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  • Smallpox
    • Responsible for the deaths of many native populations
16
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Noche Triste

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  • Noche triste
    • Night Tenochtitlan burned
    • Aztec Empire was conquered
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Mestizo

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  • Mestizo
    • People of mixed native/european heritage
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The black legend

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  • The Black Legend
    • Concept that Spanish only killed, pillaged, and spread diseases in the New World
    • Encouraged by British and French

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