Latin American Cultures Flashcard

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What is the term for the introduction of new ideas or something new?

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Innovation

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What does the term navigation refer to?

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To sail or travel over a large stretch of water or land

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Who were the Spanish and Portuguese explorers sent to conquer new territories?

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Conquistadors

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What was the exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world called?

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Columbian Exchange

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What do we call a group of nations or peoples under one ruler or government?

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Empire

Front

What is the act of sending settlers to a new place to take political control?

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Colonization

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What is an area controlled politically by a more powerful country?

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Colony

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What is an economic system where the mother country benefits at the colony’s expense?

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Mercantilism

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What system categorized people by race in Spanish colonial rule?

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Casta System

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What large farms were used for growing cash crops like sugar?

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Plantations