Indigenous Peoples: Native inhabitants or ethnic groups that have lived on these continents before European colonization.
Treaty of Tordesillas: An agreement signed between Spain and Portugal in 1494 that divided newly discovered lands outside Europe between them along an imaginary line.
Mesoamerica: A region extending from central Mexico through Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica up until Panama. It was home to advanced civilizations like the Maya.