Caste + Labor System
What group of people is at the bottom of the encomienda caste system?
Enslaved Africans
What people were known for complex art and large "apartment complex" homes.
Pueblo People
Who was the first European to locate the Western Hemisphere?
Christopher Columbus
What religion were the Spanish trying to convert the natives to? (Non-Specific)
Christianity. (Any form you said can count, doesn't have to be specific)
What did Africa typically contribute to the triangular trade?
Enslaved people
What group of people is at the top of the encomienda caste system?
Peninsulares
Sioux tribe
When did Christopher Columbus land in the Bahamas?
Double points if you get the right month, but if you guess the month wrong NO POINTS ;)
1492
Double points if you said October
Whom did Bartolome de las Casas dislike or disagree with?
Columbus or the Spanish Colonial Empire
What Native population was devastated by Smallpox?
Aztecs
What is the name of the group of people who are born of Spanish and Indigenous descent?
Mestizos
What people lived in the Southern plains and were known for their Nomadic lifestyle?
Apache
What was the name of the new and faster ship that encouraged exploration?
Caravel
What Dominican Friar advocated for the Native Americans?
Sextant
What is the name of the group of people who are of Spanish descent but were not born in Spain?
Creoles
What was the name of the alliance of tribes that occupied Northeastern America and southern Canada?
Iroqouis Confederacy
What was the name of the joint-stock company that formed Jamestown?
Virginia Company
What was de las Casas' prior opinion on the encomienda system?
He supported it
Glory
What was the name of the rulers of a specific region of the encomienda system?
Encomenderos
What group of tribes influenced American political ideas and ideas on government?
Iroqouis Confederacy
What were the three sisters?
Hint: Crops
Corn, Beans, Squash
To whom did Bartolome de las Casas write his letter?
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain
What European economic theory justified exploration and extracting wealth from colonies?
Mercantilism