Studied by 0 peopleIndentured servitude
arrangements through which servants contracted to work for s specific period of years in exchange for passage
Chattel slavery
a system in which individuals were considered as property to be brought and sold
Asante Empire
an Empire in Africa that benefited from trading with Portugal
Kingdom of Kongo
an Empire that benefited from trading with Portugal
Aztec Empire
a large empire in Central America from 1345 AD - 1452 AD
Inca Empire
the largest empire in South America
New Spain
a Spanish colony made after Hernán Cortés overthrew the Aztecs in 1521
Mexico City
the capital that used to be Tenochtitlán
Francisco Pizzarro
a Spanish conquistador that overthrew the Incas
Atahualpa
the rule of the Incas
Treaty of Tordesillas
a treaty made in 1494 that divided the Americas between Spain and Portugal; Spain got all the lands west of South America, and Portugal got all lands east (including Brazil)
Hispaniola
the name Christopher Coloumbus gave the island now occupied by Haiti and the Dominican Republic
Encomienda system
a system used to coerce indigenous Americans to work for colonial authorities
Encomenderos
landowners
Hacienda system
a system where indigenous laborers were forced to work the fields owned by Spaniards
Mit’a system
a system developed by the Inca in which subjects of the empire were required to provide labor for state projects for a certain number of days per year
Colonies
claimed lands settled by immigrants from the home country
Middle Passage
the middle of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
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