Latin America & the Caribbean (exam 1 review)

Latin America & the Caribbean (exam 1 review)

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World Languages

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

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.

Back

Theodore de Bry

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

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

Back

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

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

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

Back

Taínos

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

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

Back

Diseases (vaccines)

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

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

Back

all of the above

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

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

Back

Bartolome de las Casas

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

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.

Back

Black Leyend

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