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Chapter 6 – Lesson 2

Influences of the Past. Chapter 6 – Lesson 2. Mulatto. A person with African and European background. NATIVE GROUPS OF THE CARIBBEAN. Arawaks – lived in the Greater Antilles Caribs – lived in the Lesser Antilles Ciboneys – the first group on the islands. Commercial Farming.

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Chapter 6 – Lesson 2

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  1. Influences of the Past Chapter 6 – Lesson 2

  2. Mulatto • A person with African and European background

  3. NATIVE GROUPS OF THE CARIBBEAN • Arawaks – lived in the Greater Antilles • Caribs – lived in the Lesser Antilles • Ciboneys – the first group on the islands

  4. Commercial Farming • A kind of agriculture in which crops are raised for sale • The most important crop that the Spanish colonists grew was sugar. • Sugarcane

  5. abolish • To end (slavery)

  6. Indentured servant • A person who agrees to work for a certain period of time, often in exchange for travel expenses.

  7. Columbian exchange • The movement of people, animals, plants, diseases, and ideas between Europe and the Americans in the 1400’s and 1500’s.

  8. Columbian Exchange • People arrived in Central America from: • Africa • Spain • Asia • These people brought: • A variety of foods to Central America like cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, melons, bananas, rice • Crops like potatoes and maize (corn). • Livestock like cattle, pigs, and horses.

  9. Columbian Exchange…

  10. legacy • Anything handed down from an ancestor • Europe – melons, lettuce, onions • Spanish – Bananas, rice, yams

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