Why did Columbus sail west on his first expedition?
100
Metal armor, muskets, allies, and this four-legged creature enabled Cortes to defeat the Aztecs
What are horses?
100
The groups in New Spain's colonial society, from most to least powerful
What is peninsulares, creoles, mestizos, Africans, and Indians?
100
hello how are you today
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100
Imaginary lines that measure distances north and south of the equator
What is latitude?
200
One of these isn't a reason Columbus made more voyages to the West Indies: start a colony, deliver people and animals, learn the Taino language, riches of the land
What is learn the Taino language?
200
This man conquered the Incan empire
Who is Pizarro?
200
The reason Spanish landowners wanted to keep slaves
What is to get rich?
200
A group of people forming a community
What is society?
200
Another name for line of longitude
What is meridian?
300
Moving people and their ways of life between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres
What is the Columbian Exchange?
300
This colony was founded after the defeat of the Incan empire
What is Peru?
300
This man wanted all slavery to end in the encomienda system
Who is Las Casas?
300
A friend who will help in a fight
What is an ally?
300
0 degrees longitude
What is the Prime Meridian?
400
The date Christopher Columbus first sighted the land in the Americas
What is October 12, 1492?
400
Another word for Spanish soldier or conqueror
What is conquistador?
400
A person who teaches his or her religion to others who have different beliefs
What is a missionary?
400
A large farm with workers who live on the land they work.
What is plantation?
400
Three continents the Prime Meridian runs through
What are Europe, Africa, and Antarctica?
500
The three ships Columbus and his men left Spain on
What is Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria?
500
Spain established the colony of New Spain and this was the capital
What is Mexico City?
500
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado began a search for this in 1540
What is gold?
500
A settlement far from the country that rules it
What is colony?
500
This nation's capital city has a latitude and longitude of 38.9072° N, 77.0369° W