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Vocabulary
Key terms
European Conquest
Independence
100
Mexico City
What is Mexico?
100
overthrow of a government, with another taking its place
What is revolution?
100
one of the conquerors who claimed and ruled land in the Americas for the Spanish
What is a conquistador?
100
Europeans came to the Americas because they were looking for these kinds of routes to Asia
What is trade?
100
these revolutions inspired the independence movements in Latin America
What is the American and French revolution?
200
Buenos Aires
What is Argentina?
200
a person with Spanish parents who was born in Latin America
What is a criollo?
200
the conquistador who conquered the Incas
Who is Pizarro?
200
the Europeans wanted to spread this religion
What is Catholicism or Christianity?
200
the criollos wanted this kind of power in gaining independence from Spain
What is political?
300
Brasilia
What is Brazil?
300
the leader of Haiti's fight for independence
Who was Toussaint L'ouverture?
300
the conquistador who conquered the Aztecs
Who is Cortes?
300
this treaty divided the land west of the line for Spain and east for Portugal
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
300
What was the name of Hidalgo's "cry"?
What is the "Cry of Dolores"?
400
Havana
What is Cuba?
400
he was a South American revolutionary leader who helped Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador and Panama gain independence
Who was Simon Bolivar?
400
a large farm or plantation in Spanish
What is a hacienda?
400
this city was preserved while Tenochtitlan was in ruins after it was conquered
What is Cuzco?
400
this man appealed to mestizos and Native Americans when he was planning the Mexican revolution
Who is Hidalgo?
500
Santiago
What is Chile?
500
he helped Brazil declare independence
Who was Dom Pedro?
500
he only needed 180 Spanish soldiers when he defeated an ancient people in 1535
Who is Pizarro?
500
the king of Spain appointed these people to rule the provinces
What are viceroys?
500
this man helped Mexico gain independence and was trusted more than Hidalgo because he was a high ranking officer and a criollo
Who is Iturbide?
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