Latin America & the Caribbean (exam 1 review)

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Englishman who made engravings based on the information narrated by Bartolomé de las Casas. These images helped foster a negative view of the Spanish conquest.

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Theodore de Bry

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Rhetoric devises used by Christopher Columbus in his "Letter of Discovery" to the King and Queen of Spain.

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hyperbole, Comparison (Spain vs. New Land), Use of the "noble savage"

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First indigenous group encountered by Columbus during his first voyages: Incas, Taínos, Mayas, Aztecs

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Taínos

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This is NOT a pillar of the colonial economy in Latin America: Mining (gold and silver), Plantations (sugar & rum), Haciendas/Fazendas

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Diseases (vaccines)

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This is an example of the resistance the indigenous people used against the forced labor requested by the Spanish: mass suicides, rebellions, protection given by laws, all of the above

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all of the above

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Person best known for defending the indigenous peoples and their human rights. He even renounced his own encomienda.

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Bartolome de las Casas

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Exaggeration of atrocities that Spanish conquistadores committed in the Americas highlighting torture, rape, and execution of indigenous people. It was based on Bartolome de las Casas writing.

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Black Leyend

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This region became a strategic point for the Spanish colonies in the Americas. It became the gateway to North and South America.

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Caribbean

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This is NOT one of the Mesoamerican deities... Huitzilopochtli, Tlatoc, Quetzalcoatl

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Inti

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Semi-ritual battles performed by the Aztecs to hunt down other tribes, capture them, enslave them, and use them for human sacrifices

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Flowery Wars