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European Advantages
100
This European and his men conquered the Aztecs
Who is Hernan Cortez?
100
Modern day country in which Aztec homeland was located
What is Mexico?
100
Europeans wanted these two metals to help fund their banking system
What are gold and silver?
100
The place where Spanish put themselves in the New World social order
What is the top?
100
Some peoples native to the Americas believed the Spanish to be thundergods because they rode these
What are horses?
200
This European and his men conquered the Inca
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
200
Modern day country in which Inca homeland was located
What is Peru?
200
European monarchs funded exploration because they wanted to increase this
What is their empire or land they controlled?
200
The Spanish system of social status in the New World was based on this
What is race and heritage?
200
Smallpox is an example of this that was spread to people native to the Americas by Europeans
What is disease or germs?
300
The Mexican artist who painted murals about Aztec life
Who is Diego Rivera?
300
Mountains in which the Incas lived
What is the Andes mountains?
300
Artificial islands created by the Aztecs to grow crops
What are chinampas?
300
These people immediately followed conquistadors in the cycle of conquest
Who are missionaries?
300
This metal allowed Europeans to produce strong but flexible swords
What is steel?
400
Spanish explorers and conquerors in Central and South America
Who were the conquistadors?
400
Continent from which manufactured goods were bought to be later sold in Africa
What is Europe?
400
This means of death was considered a great honor in Aztec society
What is human sacrifice?
400
This immediately followed missionaries in the cycle of conquest
What is permanent settlers?
400
Some Inca believed the Spanish were wearing these on their heads. (They were actually helmets.)
What are pots?
500
Spanish rulers who replaced local Central and South American rulers
Who are viceroys?
500
System of these allowed Inca to transport messages quickly
What is roads?
500
The years in which the Aztec empire conquered
What is 1519-1521?
500
European missionaries wanted to convert people to this branch of Christianity
What is Catholicism?
500
The triangular sails on this type of ship allowed it to have greater maneuverability
What is the caravel?
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