Time Period 1 Vocab

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Encomienda

Labor system created by the Spaniards that enslaved natives to work, granting landowners/colonizers

Maize

Staple food crop for food production, population growth, trade, and cultural exchange

Conquistadors

Spanish conquerors and explorers

Irrigation

Water from rivers was diverted towards crops to grow them

Cliff dwellings

Architectural structures built by cliffs and under rocks (Pueblos)

Columbian Exchange

Transfer of people, food, animals, and diseases between the Old and New World

Feudalism

Land ownership determined someone’s social status. Peasants worked for nobles, and in return, nobles offered protection

Capitalism

Private ownership and free exchange

Joint-stock

Limited liability organization in which a plurality of investors pool their money and share profits or losses

Casta system

Hierarchy of races created by the Spaniards

Maritime

Anything related to the sea, navigation, ships

Nomadic

Tribes that traveled around a lot and mainly focused on hunting and gathering

Sedentary

Tribes that lived in permanent and civilized settlements

Slash and burn

Burning down staple crop fields and using the ashes as soil for the next growing season

Three Sisters

Staple crops; corn, squash, beans