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CH.19 Early Latin America Flashcards

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236612935CaravelA small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic.0
236612936Pagana person who does not acknowledge your God1
236612937Monoculturefarming strategy in which large fields are planted with a single type of crop, year after year2
236612938Plantationan estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas)3
236612939RumMolasses fermented becomes rum. New England became the main producer because of the easy access to molasses Became the first cheap distilled liquor in England4
236612940Encomienda systemIt gave settlers the right to tax local Native Americans or to make them work(mainly in plantations). In exchange, these settlers were supposed to protect the Native American people and convert them to Christianity5
236612941Peninsularethe top of Spanish-American society; people born in Spain; could hold office6
236612942CreoleThe #2 in Spanish-American society; people born in New Spain7
236612943Mestizoperson of mixed American Indian and European ancestry(majority)8
236612944Interdependencea relationship between countries in which they rely on one another for resources, goods, or services9
236612945Rigid class systemA social class system where there is no mobility. A person remains in the same class their entire life.10
236612946Social MobilityThe ability of individuals to move from one social standing to another. Social standing is based on degrees of wealth, prestige, education and power.11
236612947Middle Passagea voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies12
236612948MulattoThe term used in Spanish and Portuguese colonies to describe someone of mixed African and European descent.13
236612949ZambosPeople of mixed Native American and African descent. Lowest tier of social class, with no rights whatsoever.14
236612950Las CasasA priest who spoke out against the mistreatment of native peoples under the care of the church. He persuaded Spain to pass the New Law of the Indes in 1542 saying that native peoples must be paid for their work.15
236612951PizarroSpanish explorer who conqured the Incan Empire.16
236612952CortezSpanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)17
236612953Social HierarchyThe division of society by rank or class18
236612954CoronadoDiscovered the Grand Canyon in search of the fabled Cities of Gold19
236612955Tupac AmaruMestizo leader of Indian revolt in Peru; supported by many among lower social classes; revolt eventually failed because of Creole fears of real social revolution.20
236612956CastileLargest Spainish kingdom - united with Aragon when Isabella & Ferdinand marry21
236612957Tenochititlan- great capital city of the Aztecs that was built on a lake and every building andfarm was built atop lake beds made dry by damming.22
236612958Council of the IndiesThe institution responsible for supervising Spain's colonies in the Americas from 1524 to the early eighteenth century, when it lost all but judicial responsibilites.23
236612959Capitalisman economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, esp. as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth.24

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