This is the Spanish word for conqueror.
What is a conquistador?
Aztec Captial was located in present-day Mexico City.
What is Tenochtitlan?
After hearing about Estevanico and Fray Marcos de Niza's journey, this Spaniard led a large group into what is now the U.S. in search of one of the seven cities of Cibola...after two years of wondering around North America, he returned with no gold.
Who is Francisco Coronado?
The process by which plants, animals, diseases, people, and ideas have been introduced from Europe, Asia, and Africa to the Americas and vice versa.
What is the Columbian Exchange
Old Spain declared present-day Central and South America this
What is New Spain?
He was the emperor of the Aztecs, who was unfortunately crushed by a boulder.
Who is Moctezuma II
What is a rifle?
The capital of the Incan Empire is found in Present day Peru
What is Cuzco
This woman helped Cortes translate when communicating with the Aztecs.
Who is Doña Maria or Malinche?
A land license (which included the settlements and people) was given to conquistadors and other colonial officials in America. The officials were allowed to get labor from the people in exchange for protection and religious instruction. It was brutal for the Native Indigenous people
What is an encomienda system?
Spanish Conquistadors traveled here after the fall of the Aztec Capital in search of gold and other treasures.
It was in the Textbook!!
What is the Yucatan Peninsula?
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon