Encomienda
Where did Encomienda exist?
The Americas/Old World
What year did he sail across the Atlantic Ocean?
1492
These are the first Native Americans that Columbus meets.
Taino/Arawak
What does SPICER stand for?
Social, Political, Intellectual, Culture, Economy, Religion
What was the Columbian Exchange?
The movement of people, things, and ideas between New World and Old World.
What was the Encomienda system?
A race-based caste system
What misunderstanding did Columbus have about the world before he set sail?
He thought it was smaller/didn't know there was land/Americas in between Europe and Asia. He was correct in knowing the world was round.
This is the ONLY Native American group we studied that lived in South America.
Inca
Native Americans typically did not see ownership of ______ in the same way Europeans did.
Land
A letter written by Bartolome de las Casas about the encomienda system would be what type of source?
Primary
What social concept from Spain influenced the creation of encomienda?
Sangre pura - that being pure-blood Spanish made you more important
What was a common punishment Columbus endorsed against Native Americans that "didn't work hard enough"?
Beating, cutting off hands, whipping, killing
The Pueblo and Anasazi lived in what region of North American?
Southwest - Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, etc.
Mercantilism was a prominent theory in Spain/Europe. What category of SPICER does it fall under?
Economic
What are two things that came FROM the Old World via Columbian Exchange?
horses, pigs, sheep, Christianity, disease, smallpox, African slaves, sugarcane, apples, etc.
Who was the most powerful type of person in the Encomienda system?
Peninsulare - Spaniard born in Spain
What did Columbus and other Spaniards expect making money would be like in the New World?
Easy, that there was so much gold you could just pick it up off the ground, etc.
These two groups lived in Mexico.
Aztecs and Mayans
What physical-type of trait did Spaniards value socially?
Sangre pura
What are two things that came FROM the New World via Columbian Exchange?
pineapples, potatoes, tomatoes, turkeys, pumpkin, squash, tobacco, maize, etc.
Encomienda supports which economic theory?
Mercantilism
Was Christopher Columbus the first European to find the Americas?
No - the Vikings
The Taino/Arawak lived where?
Caribbean, Hispaniola, etc.
Why do historians use SPICER to study civilizations?
To organize information, to help compare/contrast different civilizations.
What was Bartolome de las Casas' (a Spaniard) opinion about Encomienda?
He thought it was terrible.