Vocab 1
Culture
What is The entire way of life of a people
Tribe
What is a community of people who share common customs, language, and rituals
Conquistador
What us a Spanish conqueror in the Americas looking for glory and gold
Peninsulars
Who are people born in Spain at the top of the social scale
To conquer the Americas in search of gold
Adobe
What is Sundried Brick
Diffusion
What is the spreading of ideas from one culture to another
Shrewdly
What is Clever
Creoles
Who are people of Spanish descent born in the Americas and are in the middle of the social scale
These people ran the missions
Who are Catholic priests and missionaries
Pueblos
What is the Spanish Word for Villages
Potlach
What is a ceremonial dinner to show wealth
Hesitate
What is To stop briefly because of nervousness
Mesitzos
Who are people of Spanish and Indian descent and belonged to the lowest social class
How did the Conquistadors treat the Indian populations
Brutally, often little to no mercy given to them. For every Spaniard killed, 100 Indians would be killed
Characteristic
What is a distinguishing trait, quality, or property?
Maintain
What is To keep in an existing state
Presidios
What is a fort where soldiers lived
Mission
What are settlements run by the Catholic church with the goal to convert Indians to Christianity
This person wrote about the horrors committed by the Spaniards
Who is Bartolome de Las Casas
Culture Region
What is a region where the people share a similar way of life
Clan
What is a group of related families
Iroquois League
Colonizing
What is when One nation or power forcibly takes control of a foreign territory, establishes a government, and sends permanent settlers
These are the major regions that the Spanish conquistadors conquered