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A person who teaches his or her religion to others is a
Missionary
Columbus brought horses to the Americas as part of the
Columbian Exchange
Native Americans had to work for the owner of an
encomienda
A Spanish soldier who fought at Tenochtitlan was called a
conquistador
Cortes declared Mexico a Spanish
colony
We do not know very much about the Taino because they
left no written records
One effect of the Columbian Exchange was that
European diseases killed millions of Native Americans
Cortes's army was able to conquer the Aztecs because
The Spanish had better weapons
Coronado searched in what is now the Southwest United States for
The seven cities of gold
When there were not enough Indians to work in New Spain, the Spanish...
brought slaves from Africa
A settlement far away from the country that rules it
Colony
Forced payment, usually made in the form of valuable goods.
Tribute
The movement of people, plants, animals, and germs across the Atlantic Ocean following the voyages of Columbus.
A very large piece of land in New Spain given by the Spanish government to certain Spanish colonists during the 1500s
Encomienda
A record, usually of a voyage or experiment.
Log
A Spanish conqueror who first came to the Americas in the 1550s
Conquistador
A person who teaches his or her religion to people of different beliefs.
Missionary
Who was an Italian sea captain and explorer who reaches the Americas in 1492 sailing under the flag of Spain?
Christopher Columbus
Who was an explorer that realized the lands Columbus discovered were not part of Asia. Europeans then began calling the lands America.
Amerigo Vespucci
Who was the Aztec emperor defeated by Hernando Cortes in 1520?
Moctezuma II
Who was the last ruler of the vast Inca Empire who was captured and killed by the Spaniards?
Atahualpa
Who was the leader of a slave revolt in New Spain in 1609?
Yanga
Who was a Spanish explorer of the American southwest from 1540-1542?
Francisco Coronado
Who was a Roman Catholic priest who accompanied Coronado on his search for the "seven cities of gold"
Fray Marcos de Niza
Who was an Indian also called Malinche who aided Hernando Cortes in his conquest of Tenochtitlan in 1521?
Dona Marina