Mexico
The capital city of the Aztec empire:
Tenochtitlan
The largest of indigenous people living in the Caribben islands when Columbus arrived:
Taínos
The capital of the Inca empire:
Cuzco
Who wrote about the abuses and cruelty of the Indigenous people in the Caribbean?
Bartolomé de las Casas
He was successful in resisting the Spaniards in the island of Hispaniola:
Enriquillo
Emperor of the Aztecs when the Spaniards arrived in Mexico:
Moctezuma
Date of Columbus arrival to the Caribbean islands:
October 12, 1492
Emperor of the Incas when the Spaniards arrived in Peru:
Atahualpa
What is the name of the collection of writings and drawings collected by Bernardino de Sahagún and his nahua students?
Florentine Codex
He traveled from Hispaniola to Cuba to fight the Spaniards:
Hatuey
She was the interpreter between Cortés and the Aztec emperor:
Malinche
The Catholic Monarchs of Spain
Name the Spaniard that led the conquest of the Inca empire:
Francisco Pizarro
Who was the first to write about the New World?
Christopher Columbus
He refused to tell the Spaniards where the Aztec treasure was. As a result, he was tortured and killed.
Cuauhtémoc
Language spoken by the Aztecs:
Nahuatl
How was the New World and its inhabitants described by columbus?
Plentiful, exuberant
Handsome, naive, peaceful
Why was there a civil war in the Inca empire when the Spaniards arrived?
Atahualpa and his brother Huascar were fighting for the throne
Who wrote and drew hundreds of pictures to tell the story of the Inca empire?
Guamán Poma de Ayala
A female indigenous chief in the western part of the island of Hispaniola who resisted the Spanish colonization. She was betrayed and killed by the Spaniards.
Anacaona
He was the last emperor of the Aztecs:
Cuauhtémoc
What two purposes for his voyage are clear in Columbus' journal?
Find riches and bring Christianity to the natives
Name of the city where the Inca emperor was taken prisioner:
Cajamarca
Who was the first to describe the city of Tenochtitan?
Hernán Cortés in his letters to Charles V
He was the Inca leader of the largest revolt against the Spaniards:
Tupac Amaru II