GEOG 040 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Encomienda, Peninsulars, Maya Civilization
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Andes mountains: second-highest mountain range in the world. Amazon tropical rain forest: earth"s largest tropical rain forest. Atacama desert: one of the world"s driest deserts. Nortes: refers locally to modified cold air masses. Middle america is a region of annual hurricane activity isthmus: land bridge. Maya civilization: organized into city-states individually ruled and independently functioning urban centers. Aztec empire: governed by one king from one capital. Inca empire: agriculturally-based society; functioned from a hierarchical system of noble leadership believed to be the offspring of the sun god; official language is. Quechua which remains widely spoken today among the indigenous peoples of. Treaty of tordesillas: established a demarcation line between the global spheres of interest of spain and portugal. Feudal encomienda (tribute) system: spain granted large land areas to nobles, soldiers, and church dignitaries, in conjunction with the responsibility for political control, establishment of settlements, and exploitation of natural resource wealth. Haciendas: large production estates (developed by spanish colonial agriculture)
