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| Why did the Europeans go to the New World? |
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Definition
-riquezas incredÃbles
-leyendas como 'El Dorado'
-la promesa de gloria
-aventura
-enriquecimiento perosnal
-el deseo de cristianizar al mundo entero |
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| What did the explorers think of the natives? |
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Definition
| They were strange looking and could be conquered. |
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| What did the natives think of the explorers? |
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Definition
| They were strange looking, but very charasmativc...until they took over. |
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| What did the missionaries do? |
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Definition
| They tried to teach Christianity to the natives. They wanted to turn the entire world Christian. They opened up catholic schools (like with Enriquillo). In some places, like Guatemala, they combined the religions in a way. Where the religion was based on personification of nauture, they tried to combine the likenesses of the religions in festivals/particular dates/gods-saints. |
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| What was life like with the Spanish and the Natives in the New World? |
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| The discovery of the New World, what happened? |
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| The explorers left the Old world, initially, for two reasons: they needed materials for their products and the Turks and Muslims were were closing the ways for Europeans to get through to the East (Asia). The Portugese went around Africa. The Spanish tried to go West. When they got there, the found civilizations, like the Mayas who had very civilized and advanced lives. |
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Term
| What did the Spanish discover there? |
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Definition
| guinea pigs, turkeys, avacados, peanuts, cocoa, pumpkins, gourds, sweet potatoes, beans, tobacco, vanilla, corn, sarsarparilla, gold, and silver |
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| What did the Spanish bring there? |
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Definition
| goats, cattle, sheep, hens, pigs, lemon trees, orange trees, apple trees, olive trees, sugar cane, wheat, firearms, printing press, iron tools |
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Term
| What does 'Encuentros' mean in the context of the explorers. |
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Definition
| Encuentro, basically, means a meeting. The meeting here was between two peoples (Spanish and Native Americans), two worlds (Old and New), and two cultures, including religion. |
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| What resulted from the 'encuentro' between the two cultures? |
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Definition
| The result was, intitially, the mixing of two cultures peacefully. New products and resources were exchanged between groups of people. Religions were shared and mixed. But eventually, the explorers demanded too much of what wasn't there's and started to conquer the groups entirely. Some like Enriqullo fought back, but ultimately, the native culture was damaged forever. |
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