HIST 125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Columbian Exchange, Ninety-Five Theses, Hernán Cortés
Lecture 33 review
Gun-slave cycle
The British gave guns to Africans for slaves, and the Africans used the guns to get
more slaves to trade for more guns.
Incas
Empire in South America that was conquered by Francis Pizzaro.
Mestizos
Social class that is the offspring of a Spanish colonist and a native person.
Hernan Cortez
Conquered the Aztec Empire.
Encomienda System
Labor system the Spanish implemented. Rewarded conquistadors the people of
lands they conquered.
Tenochtitlan
Capital of the Aztec Empire. City on top of a lake.
Sugar
Highly sought after commodity that was popularly grown in the Caribbean.
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