Popcorn
Something that happens just once. Usually marks something important in history
Event
_________ sources can be an object or a testimony of an event/process that was there while it happened.
Primary Source
A series of events, usually explaining a far more complicated time of history
Process
A testimony or object that helps us understand history
Historic Source
This historical source can be a book, a publication or anything made based on a primary source.
Secondary Source
These were the three divisions of Cultural Zones in America
Mesoamerica, Aridoamerica, Oasisamerica
This Cultural Zone is known for being in the middle of a big dessert, it flourished with water and vegetation.
Oasisamerica
This cultural zone is known to be a huge desert located in the north of México and south of the USA. The chichimecas lived there
Aridoamerica
This cultural zone was the most fertile and had the most civilizations of the 3.
Mesoamerica
Usually, these type of tales, tell us how people from civilizations thought the world was created
Myths
This god was known as the “feathered snake”
Quetzalcoatl
First Mesoamerican Culture that appeared.
Olmecas
This city was built by the Mexicas in the Postclassic period, the myth says they found an eagle on top of a cactus, eating a snake upon a small island in lake Texcoco
Tenochtitlan
In fact, this Viking is the first recorded European to arrive in America
Leif Erikson
Why was Europe (especially Spain) looking for new routes to reach Asia?
To have access to spices, silk and other products.
Year in which Christopher arrived in America
1492
She is known as "El Fénix de América", a famous poet of New Spain
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
This is a major characteristic of Baroque Art
Exaggerated, lots of ornaments, ellaborated poetry
Select the main economic activities that were carried out in New Spain
Livestock, mining and agriculture
What was known as the Quinto Real?
A 20% tax upon any mineral exported
What was known as Encomienda?
A piece of land granted to any person that had participated in the Conquista
El callejón del beso, la llorona, el charro negro are examples of...
Legends
This mineral was one of the main trade sources in New Spain
Usually, the system of _________, determined people's status and life opportunities
Castas
Bonus
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