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New Worlds: The Americas And Oceania Flashcards

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1213794630AtahualpaInca ruler0
1213794631AudienciasCourt system of lawyers that heard appeals against viceroys1
1213794632ChamorroIndigenous peoples of the Mariana islands2
1213794633ConquistadoresSpanish adventurers who conquered Central and South America in the sixteenth century3
1213794634CriollosTerm for Spaniards born in Americas during the Spanish colonial period4
1213794635CuzcoA town in the Andes, former capital of Inca empire5
1213794636Doña MarinaCongolese prophet and leader of Christian movement6
1213794637EncomiendaSystem that gave the Spanish settlers the right to compel the indigenous peoples of the Americas to work in the fields7
1213794638EngenhoPortuguese term for a sugar mill8
1213794640Fransico PizarroSpanish conquistador who conquered the Inca empire9
1213794641Fur tradeNorth American fur trade from 17th c - 19th c10
1213794642GuaraníIndigenous people/language of modern Paraguay and Bolivia11
1213794643HaciendaLarge Latin American estates12
1213794644Hernán CortésSpanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico13
1213794645Indentured laborPoor people who would sell 7 years of their working loves14
1213794646MalintzinWoman that acted as interpreter/guide for Cortés15
1213794648Mestizo/métisLatin American term for children of SPanish and native parentage16
1213794649Mita systemSpanish colonial system in which colonized subjects had to work a prescribed number of days for overlords17
1213794650Motecuzoma IIAztec emperor, overthrown by Cortéz18
1213794651MulattoesPerson with mixed European and African ancestry19
1213794652PotosíSpanish discovered silver in 1545 here20
1213794653QuechuaSouth American ethnic group of Peru, once ruled Inca empire21
1213794654QuichéMayan ethnic group of south-central Guatemala22
1213794656TainoCaribbean people, first to come into contact with Christopher Columbus23
1213794658ViceroyA ruler of a colony who exercises authority on behalf of a monarch24
1213794659Virgin of GuadalupeIconic image of the Virgin Mary25
1213794661ZambosIndividuals born of indigenous and African parents26

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