Week 4 Project 4C

1. The Dictionary definition of Culture is a particular form or stage of civilization, as that of a certain nation or period. I believe that building the 21 california missions is culture because they formed new civilization during that period.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/culture
The California Missions was also a clash of Cultures too:
The California Missions are a series of religious outposts established by Spanish Catholic Franciscans from 1769 to 1823 for the purpose of spreading the Christian doctrine among the local Native Americans. The Spanish occupation of California brought with it serious, though perhaps unintended, negative consequences to the Native American populations the missionaries with whom they came in contact
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_mission_clash_of_cultures

2. 4A from Stephanie
La Malinche was born to a noble family in Coatzacoalcos,when her father died and her mother re-married, her stepfather and mother decided to sell her into slavery and affirm her demise so that her newly-born stepbrother would inherit the throne. As property of the Tobascan cacique she traveled to the Mayan regions of southern Mexico and learned that language. She was offered to the Spanish wen Hernan Cortez arrived. Cortez also rescued Jeronimo de Aguilar. She became fluent in Spanish as well and became Cortez´s main interpreter and facilitated various treaties and agreements between indigenous leaders and the Spanish.
3A from Skyler
Pre-Columbian: The pre-Columbian era is all the period subdivisions in the history and prehistory of the Americas before the appearance of significant European influences on the American continents. While technically referring to the era before Christopher Columbus, in practice the term usually includes the history of American indigenous cultures until they were conquered or significantly influenced by Europeans, even if this happened decades or even centuries after Columbus' initial landing