5925557858 | Tainos | Indigenous people met by Spanish mariners; forced into slavery in gold mines; rebellions outgunned by Spanish military tech; smallpox also contributed to disappearance of society | 0 | |
5925557859 | Hispaniola | Haiti-Dominican Republic; used by Columbus as base for trading with Tainos | 1 | |
5925557860 | Encomienda | Forced labor | 2 | |
5925557861 | Caribbean; sugarcane; slaves | Limited production of gold caused Spanish interest in exploiting the _____ for _____ production, which required massive importation of _____. | 3 | |
5925557862 | Hernan Cortes | Brought down Aztec empire in Mexico; smallpox later destroyed besieged Tenochtitlan | 4 | |
5925557863 | Francisco Pizarro | Brought down Inca empire in Peru; called conference of warring Inca rulers and massacred them | 5 | |
5925557864 | New Spain | Mexico | 6 | |
5925557865 | New Castile | Peru | 7 | |
5925557866 | Viceroys | Governors; Spanish colonial administration | 8 | |
5925557867 | Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) | Divides entire (non-Christian, so far) world between Spain and Portugal; Portugal claims Brazil for sugarcane production | 9 | |
5925557868 | Nova Scotia, Quebec | Permanent French colonies in North America (2) | 10 | |
5925557869 | Jamestown, Massachusetts Bay | Permanent English colonies in North America (2) | 11 | |
5925557870 | New Amsterdam | Permanent Dutch (Netherlands) colony in North America (renamed New York by the English) (1) | 12 | |
5925557871 | English, French; Spanish, Portugese | _____ and _____ colonies had greater levels of self-government than _____ and _____ colonies. | 13 | |
5925557872 | Mestizo | "Mixed" societies in Spanish territory; people of Spanish and native parentage | 14 | |
5925557873 | Mulattoes | Descendants of Spaniards and African slaves | 15 | |
5925557874 | Zambos | Descendants of African slaves and natives | 16 | |
5925557875 | Peninsulares | European migrants from Iberia; at top of colonial Spanish social hierarchy | 17 | |
5925557876 | Criollos | Children of migrants from Iberia; second class in hierarchy | 18 | |
5925557877 | Metis | Children of fur traders and North American native women | 19 | |
5925557878 | Gold; silver | _____ was not extensive in Spanish holdings, but _____ was relatively plentiful. | 20 | |
5925557879 | Mita | Incan system of conscripted labor in mines; employment of natives by the Spanish; dangerous working conditions | 21 | |
5925557880 | Quinto | Profit for Spaniards in colonies (1/5 reserved for crown) | 22 | |
5925557881 | Manila Galleons; silver | _____ _____ took _____ to the Pacific Rim for trading. | 23 | |
5925557882 | Hacienda | Large estates producing products of European origin | 24 | |
5925557883 | Debt patronage | Encomienda was later replaced with _____ _____ | 25 | |
5925557884 | Egenho | Refers to the sugar mill and the complex of labor, land, etc. that came with the industry; low profit margins | 26 | |
5925557885 | African slaves | Unlike the Spanish system of forced native labor, the Portugese relied on imported _____ _____. | 27 | |
5925557886 | Franciscan, Dominican, Jesuit | Missionary activity in the Americas included _____, _____, and _____ missionaries. | 28 | |
5925557887 | Virgin of Guadalupe | Major Christian symbol of Mexico; represents mestizo woman/cultural syncreticism | 29 | |
5925557888 | French, English; Spanish | _____ and _____ missions were less effective than _____ missions. | 30 | |
5925557889 | Australia | Dutch VOC surveyed territory of _____ and concluded that it was of little value. | 31 | |
5925557890 | Atahualpa | Incan ruler spared by Pizarro UNTIL he delivered gold. | 32 | |
5925557891 | Encomendero | Spanish settlers who compelled Tainos to work and encouraged conversion to Christianity | 33 | |
5925557892 | Audencias | Review of courts staffed by educated lawyers; kings of Spain subjected their viceroys to these. | 34 | |
5925557893 | Motecuzoma II | Aztec emperor seized by Cortes | 35 | |
5925557894 | Pero Alvares Cabral | Portugese mariner; stopped in Brazil while going through Atlantic to India | 36 | |
5925557895 | Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca | Spanish nobleman and adventurer who went into interior regions of American continents | 37 | |
5925557896 | James Cook | British colonist; only after his chartering of the eastern coast did Europeans become seriously interested in Australia | 38 | |
5925557897 | Ferdinand Magellan | Him and his crew became first Europeans to cross the Pacific; before reaching the Philippines, encountered Marianas island group (Guam) | 39 |
Chapter 25 New Worlds: The Americas and Oceania Flashcards
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