SPAN 44 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Latin America, Guatemala, Mexico
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Nawal=spirit animal everyone is assigned at birth depending on birth date. Latin america on the eve of the european discovery . Variety of cultures, civilizations, and languages when the spaniards landed in americas. Between 35 and 55 million inhabitants, not evenly distributed. Age of explorations and incomplete picture of the continent. Known territory vs. terra incognita (unknown, unexplored territory) Cannot take all we know about these civiliations at face value. Over time, the culture has survived, evolved with time, and are very different today, but have a link to certain precolumbian culture. The three high civilizations : mayans, aztecs, incas. Upon arriving at the americas, there was both a sense of wonder and calculation. Both wow, this is new and fascinating but also what should we do with all this new land and people . Recounts from formerly captive europeans who lived among the new world people that were awesome, marvelous, curiosity invoking.
