Native American cultures
Word used to describe animals, plants, or people when they are native to a region or place.
What is indigenous?
He called himself the "discoverer" of the New World when he landed in Hispaniola in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The Spanish term for "conqueror".
Conquistador
How we check for bias in a historical source.
What is sourcing?
This Native American civilization lived in modern-day Mexico and had a capital city in Tenochtitlan.
Who are the Aztecs?
This Native American group lived in Meso-America (today Mexico) and were known to worship a Sun god and perform ritual sacrifice.
Who are the Aztecs?
How the Europeans viewed the Native Americans.
What is "savage" and "non-Christian"?
This is one of the reasons Europeans wanted to colonize the New World.
The acronym (or letters) we use to remember the steps to sourcing a historical source.
What is SWWWWWRP?
This Aztec leader's reasons to allow the Spanish into the capital city Tenochtitlan are still debated today.
Who is Montezuma?
This Native American group lived in modern-day Pennsylvania and New Jersey. They are also known as the Delaware People.
Who are the Lenape?
How the Native Americans viewed the Europeans.
"Unhealthy" and "unable to plant / farm"
The three possible reasons Native American populations dropped dramatically after 1492.
What are wars, slavery, and diseases?
The 5 W's we look for whenever we source a document.
What is: Who made this source? What is their POV? When did they make the source? Where did they make the source? Why did they make the source?
She was an infamous translator, negotiator, and mistress to Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes.
Who is La Malinche / Malintzin / Dona Marina?
This concept says that tribes should be allowed to govern themselves and manage their own resources like land and water.
What is tribal sovereignty?
This European was known for their conquest of Meso-America, specifically modern-day Mexico (now the Southern parts of Mexico and some South American countries).
Who is Hernan Cortes?
One reason the Spanish and English were enemies.
What is religion?
The final step of the sourcing process.
What is rating our source's reliability / trust?
Two ways Native Americans reacted to Europeans.
What is (1) helping them, (2) battling / fighting with them
This unfair treaty resulted in the Lenape losing many of their lands in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania in the 1730s.
The Walking Deed Purchase
This country colonized more of the North American coast (modern day United States), unlike the Spanish.
Who were the English / British?
Many Native Americans who were colonized by the Europeans were forced into this institution / activity.
What is slavery?
When we look for the "what" of a source, we look for this specifically in the source.
What is the perspective or POV of the author?
Mark Christensen, a historian on Aztec religion and impacts on colonization, argued this to explain why Montezuma allowed the Spanish into Tenochtitlan.
What is "making allies / avoiding famine"?