Latin American History Review

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one of the main diseases that spread from the Europeans to the Natives & caused the death of a large number of the indigenous people

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smallpox

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An exchange of plants, animals, technologies, and ideas from the Old World (Europe, Asia and Africa) to the New World (North and South America) and vice versa.

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Columbian Exchange

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The primary language spoken in Brazil

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Portuguese

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Primary language spoken in most of Latin America (not including Brazil)

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Spanish

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a term referring to the native peoples or species of a given place. The native peoples of Latin America are often called "indigenas"

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indigenous

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the name for a Spanish conqueror/soldier of the Americas

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conquistador

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A region that includes Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean islands, and South America; grouped together because most people who live here speak Latin-based languages like Spanish and Portuguese.

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Latin America

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general term to describe the newly discovered Americas during the European Age of Exploration

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New World

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The word for Spanish agricultural plantations throughout Latin America during the colonial period.

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hacienda

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The enslavement and forced transportation of 12-15 million black Africans to the Americas between the 15th and 19th centuries (also called Triangular Trade)

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Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade