History of chicanos in the southwest midterm

What is Historiography?

The history of history

What is the goal of Revisionist Histories?

Challenge and reinterpret traditional studies in History.

What is NOT a primary source?

a textbook

Unlike Spain, which country was the first to engage in long distance exploration?

Portugal

The transition from Paleo-Lithic to Neo-Lithic led to the following, EXCEPT?

Gender Equality

New Mexico

The Anasazi’s lived in what is now know as?

The Treaty of Tordesilla, the Pope split the new world between Spain and Portugal.

True

Which is NOT one of the 3G's of Spanish exploration?

Guns

How many themes are there in this class, based on the book?

6

Italian Captain. Sailed for Spain and thought he had landed in India.

Christopher Columbus

Native woman accused of betraying the Aztecs.

Malintzin

Ice bridge that allowed people to walk to the Americas

Bering Strait

1st American Historian who argued the Frontier Thesis.

Frederick Jackson Turner

Domestication of Animals for the purpose of work.

Beasts of Burden

North African Islamic group who controlled Spain for 700 years.

Moors.

700-year Spanish struggle against the Islamic Moors.

Reconquista

the bias of interpreting past events and people through present-day attitudes and values

Presentism

A plea from the Pope Bartelome De Las Casas to the King for justice and peace for the Natives.

De Las Casas Letter

A source made during the time in History or filmed, or an object present at the time.

Primary source

Sources made after an event in History but based off of the event or describing the event such as textbooks, articles, lectures, etc.

Secondary source

Why did Europeans have a higher immune system than the Natives of the Americas?

Europe was more modernized and had better resources.

The New Mexico economy was heavily dependent on what route into Mexico?

Chihuahua Trail

Which country colonized the Mississippi River and challenged Spain near Texas?

France

Which region in the US Southwest was the first to be colonized by Spanish for expansion and settlements?

New Mexico

What modern day city was the only major settlement in East Texas?

San Antonio

What is NOT a reason for the importance of California, to the Spanish?

French presence

Where was the first mission established in Alta California?

San Diego

Why was Texas an important state for US expansion?

Slavery

What does Ce Acatl Topilztin Quetzalcoatl mean?

One Reed Our Prince Feathered Serpent

What was the original name of the Aztecs?

Mexica

The first Spanish peoples of Texas were originally from the Canary Islands?

true

Pueblo Leader. Led the Pueblo revolt against the Spaniards.

Pope'

Spanish Priest. Known as the "horse-back priest" and is credited with establishing missions in modern-day Arizona.

Eusebio Kino

Spanish Priest. Along with Gaspar de Portola, led the "sacred expedition" into California.

Junipero Serra

First missions in Texas.

Alamo

Spanish Priest. Is known to have travelled through Kern County, specifically the Kern River.

Francisco Garces

Nahuatl name for the Valley of Mexico

Anahuac

California Mission system. Part of the Bourbon Reforms to create a system in California, along with the military.

Sacred Expedition.

Why were their differences in opportunities between California women and New Mexico women?

New Mexico women fought for their opportunities with courageous acts, vs California women that were controlled by their husbands/men.

What system replaced the 3G'S and where was it first used?

The Spanish Encomienda system, first used in New Mexico.

What was the key difference between the Sedentary and Nomadic tribes?

The sedentary tribes would stay in one place, whereas the Nomadic tribes would constantly move.

Why did the Maya people leave the cities and return to the jungle?

They were ran out.

An event that lasted 700 years in 711-1492 led by Santiago de Matamoros

Spanish Reconquista

Marked the Papal line of Demarcation, justified conquest, divided the new world, and was imperative for spreading catholicism.

Treaty of Tordesillas

Olmecs 1200 B.C.E

First Americans

Civilization in 2000 B.C.E, created urban centers, mathematics, and astronomy.

The Mayas

Conquistador and former governor of New Spain in 1519-21, led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztecs,

Hernando Cortez

Went by many names such as Dona Marina, Malintzin, and Malinche, led Hernando Cortez and the Spanish, involved in the fall of the Aztecs.

Malintzin Tenepal

First spaniard in the South West, Spanish explorer, lived among indigenous groups for years after shipwreck.

Cabeza de Vaca

Fictional queen of the Island of California, filled with mystical gold and pearls.

Queen Calafia

Capital of the Aztec empire, destroyed by Spanish conquistadors, ruins now lie underneath central Mexico.

Tenochtitlan

A Native American civilization, known for basket making.

Anasazi

Gave the right to exploit labor, civilize and protect, and race structure.

Encomienda system

Occurred in Santa Fe in 1692, received support from loyal pueblos, ended the ecomienda system, and formed new settlements in Albuquerque.

Pope's Rebellion

Spanish colonists from the Canary Islands who settled in Louisiana between 1778 and 1783.

Los Islenos

Horseback priest, drew maps of American Southwest, studied science, and discovered California was not an Island.

Eusebio Kino

21 missions, lasted 10 years, led to De Anza Road.

Sacred Expedition

Person of mixed decent, involved in the power struggle in Mexico.

Mestizos

American president in 1844 who led the westward push.

James Polk

Shift between nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle to a settled agricultural one.

Paleolithic/ Neo-lithic

Differing lifestyles with one moving from place to place, vs. settling in one place.

Nomadic/sedentary

A hierarchy social structure in colonial Spanish America that categorized individuals based on their race and ethnicity.

Spanish Caste System

Feathered serpent deity from MesoAmerican Mythology.

Quetzalcoatl

Important leader from MesoAmerica, often referred to as Our prince one reed feathered serpent.

Ce Acatl

Major Meso-American city, from 100 B.C.E to 750 C.E, known for its architectural pyramids, and the Aztecs considered it a sacred place.

Teotihuacan

A depiction of the Spaniards as cruel, intolerant and blood-thirsty, created by rivals of Spain.

Black legend

also known as El Camino Real, a Spanish colonial route.

Royal road of the interior.

First settlement in Texas, founded by Spanish explorers who established the Mission San Antonio De Valero.

San Antonio

Founded in 1540, a catholic religious order focused on education, missionary work, and reformation.

Monks of the Jesuit order

Founded in 13-century Italy, led lives of poverty, humility, and service. Emphasized the gospel and solidarity with the poor.

Monks of the Franciscan Order

Ran from 1565 to 1815, connected Asia, the Americas, and Europe in the first global exchange system.

Manilla Galleon Trade network

A 19th-century belief that the U.S was divinely destined to expand across North America.

Manifest Destiny.