Aztec and Inca Empire
For how many centuries would Mexico and Peru remain the richest and most populous places in America?
3 Centuries
Who Mothered Cortez's baby?
Malinche
Who showed deep respect for indigenous people?
- Bernardino de Sahagun
who are the 'People in Between'?
- Children who inherited nothing from their fathers
When the Spaniards stepped foot in Mexico they knew nothing about America?
False
Which empire fell by mid-1521?
- the Aztec
Which country today was considered the 'New Spain'?
Mexico
Las Casas returned to Spain to propose various ways to annihilate the indigenous Americans.
False
Propose various ways to protect indigenous Americans from encomienda system.
What are Caciques?
a native Chief/ indigenous nobles
Indigenous villages disappeared from Mexico and Peru
False
What people were similar to the Tupi?
- the Arawak
What indigenous language still resonates in Mexican Spanish?
Nahuatl
Who was remembered in Mexico as a defender of the conquered?
Toribio De Motolinia
What is Encomienda?
- indigenous that were entrusted to conquerors who had the responsibility of Christianizing them and the privilege of making them work for them.
Bartolome repented for wanting more African slaves
True