New Worlds: the Americas and Oceania
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| 281614323 | Encomienda System | Institution which allowed Spanish settlers to compel natives to work for them, in exchange for the workers welfare, and conversion to Christianity | 0 | |
| 281614324 | Conquistador | Spanish conquerors who saught to spread christianity and conquer other native peoples in the Americas | 1 | |
| 281614325 | Hernan Cortes | Brought down aztec empire in Mexico Conquistador? | 2 | |
| 281614326 | Francisco Pizarro | Brought down Inca empire Conquistador? | 3 | |
| 281614327 | Treaty of Tordesillas | Divided the world along an imaginary north-south line 370 leagues west of the Azores and Cape Verde Islands Spain can claim anything west of the line Portugal, east of the line | 4 | |
| 281614328 | Peninsulare | Member of the highest class in Iberian colonies in the Americas | 5 | |
| 281614329 | Creole | People born in the Americas to Iberian-born parents | 6 | |
| 281614330 | Mestizo | 'Mixed' spanish and native birth In reference to society and birth Spanish/Portuguese entered into relationships with indigenous peoples | 7 | |
| 281614331 | Mulatto | mix of portuguese and african parents | 8 | |
| 281614332 | Zambo | mix of indigenous and african parents | 9 | |
| 281614333 | Mita System | System of conscripted labor Villages to send 1/7 of their males to work in Silver mines Used first by Incas | 10 | |
| 281614334 | Hacienda | 'Estate' Produced European goods Like a manor | 11 | |
| 281614335 | Virgin of Guadalupe | Symbol of Mexican catholicism akin to Virgin Mary Appeared to peasant in Mexico City | 12 | |
| 281614336 | Penal Colony | Settlement, used to exile prisoners and separate them from the general populace by placing them in a remote location, often an island or distant colonial territory | 13 | |
| 281614337 | Indentured Labor | People who had little future in Europe and came to Americas almost as slaves to labor for seven years, so they might have a new life Chronically unemployed, orphans, political prisoners, criminals | 14 |
