Civilizations
This Native American culture established a capital at Tenochtitlan and had a population of about 200,000.
Who are the Aztecs
The influx of wealth from the Columbian Exchange caused the end of feudalism and the rise of what
What is Capitalism
Spanish system of granting land to colonists in the New World.
This system exploited Native Americans and resources. Eventually, Native American labor was replaced with African slave labor.
What is the Encomienda System
This Pre Columbian Native society was based in Peru.
Who are the Incas
These people traveled alongside explorers and merchants in attempt to convert those they meet through travel to their religion.
What are Missionaries
a Spanish missionary, advocated for the rights of Native Americans and criticized the encomienda system, highlighting the moral dilemmas of colonization.
Bartolome De las Casas
Known for their complex irrigation systems in the American South West
Who are the Pueblo People
This type of farming involved planting corn, beans and squash all together.
What is Three Sisters Farming
What did natives call the time period where the Columbian Exchange introduced disease and death to the Americas?
What is the Great Dying
Spanish explorers and soldiers who played a significant role in the Spanish colonization of the Americas, seeking wealth and territory.
What are Conquistadors
From the 16th century through the American Revolution, this Native group was a powerful force, battling rival American Indians as well as Europeans.
Who are the Iroquois
The import of this one New World vegetable to Africa in the 1500s sharply increased their indigenous population but at the same time made them prime candidates for slavery soon after.
What is maize (corn)
What did the Pueblo People make there houses from?
What is Clay and Water or Adobe Bricks
An organizational system in which Catholic missionaries directed all of the new settlements in the Americas as opposed to soldiers.
What is the Mission System
Known as the "people of the first light", this Algonquin tribe occupied the coastline of what would be come known as Massachusetts for thousands of years prior to the arrival of the English in 1620.
Who are the Wampanoags
____ ____ companies encouraged investment and economic growth by spreading risk among multiple investors.
What is Joint-Stock
A form of agriculture where people work with small plots of land and simple tools.
What is horticulture
Those who parents were Spanish and Native American were called what?
What is Mestizos