Latin America By: NinA E-mail: wecrazed@gte.nety Chapter 1: Ancient America 1a. A great number of aboriginal groups (indians), speaking many different languages and having many different ways of life, occupied America at the time of its discovery by Columbus. False, the Maya’s were around before the discovery of Columbus. And the different aboriginal groups were very similar in lifestyles and customs. Chapter 2: The Hispanic Background 2b. The “Catholic Sovereigns” rendered major services to …showed first 75 words of 529 total…

…showed last 75 words of 529 total…sources of this wealth were legacies and other gifts from rich donors. For a rich man not to provide for the church in his will was a matter of scandal. A common procedure used to endow churches, convents and other religious institutions was to assume a mortgage( censo) on the landowners estate for a fixed amount where he/she agreed to pay the beneficiary an annual interest of five percent. Bibliography people of the sun