VOCAB
control by one country over another area and its people
What is colonialism?
What native peoples group had the largest empire?
Who were the INCA?
(From Colombia down to Chile)
Who was the first European country to explore Latin America?
Who was SPAIN?
Who was known as El Libertador?
Who was SIMON BOLIVAR?
mixed Europeans / Native Americans
a large estate in a country where people speak Spanish
What is Hacienda?
What was the Mayans' most popular crop?
What was MAIZE?
What were the two major advances in technology that allowed for European exploration?
Navigation and Shipbuilding
What specific religion was imposed on the natives in LA?
What is CATHOLIC or CATHOLICISM?
What explorer is the Americas named after?
Americo Vespucci
a person from Spanish South or Central America, especially one of pure Spanish descent.
What is a CRIOLLO?
What region were the TAINO-ARAWAK originally from?
What is the CARIBBEAN?
Name Columbus' three ships in his first voyage to New World?
What were the NINA, PINTA and the SANTA MARIA?
The American and French Revolutions
How did the Spanish create an empire in the Americas?
conquered Aztec and Inca empires
A labor system where Native Americans were forced to work on Spanish farms
What is the ENCOMIENDA system?
The name of the capital city of the Aztecs was
What was TENOCHTITLAN?
What were the names of the conquistadors of the Aztec and Inca peoples?
Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizzaro
What was the first country to get independence and who led them?
Haiti; Toussaint L'Overture
What prevented LA from becoming a united nation?
The geography of the land
Europeans born in Latin America were known as what
What are CREOLES?
List the 5 major tribes you learned about in Latin America.
Who were the AZTEC, MAYA, INCA, TAINO/ARAWAK and TUPI-GUARANI?
What did Columbus and Magellan accomplish?
Columbus—landed in the Americas; Magellan—circumnavigated the earth
Who was Jose de San Martin?
A leader in southern Latin America’s independence from Spain, he freed Peru and Chile
From top to bottom, list the social classes in the Spanish New World
Peninsulares, Criollos/Creoles, Mestizos, Mulattos, Native Americans, African Slaves