11.1
Where Columbus landed
West Indies
Tenochtitlan was capital of this empire
Aztec
Conquistador who took over the Inca's
Pizarro
Culture imposed on the defeated Indians of Central & South America
Spanish
If you were a peninsulare in the new Spanish colony, were born here...
Spain/Europe
What the Indians of the America's lacked for disease
Immunity
Thought Spanish were gods, until he was taken prisoner
Moctezuma
This Inca leader emerged after winning a civil war
Atahualpa
Why you might become a peon?
You owe a debt so you work to pay it off
The bottom of the social order in Spanish America
Native Indians/African Slaves
The first Indian tribe encountered by Columbus- friendly
Taino
What Cortes was...
conquistador
paid for by other European governments to attack and steal from Spanish ships
Privateers
The system imposed by the Spanish demanding forced labor by the native Indians
Encomiendas
Owning most of the plantations, these Spanish descendants were born in the America's.
Creole
Indians killed when would not join this
Christianity (Catholic)
What Malinche did for Cortes?
Translated language
Mountain chain the Inca Empire located in
Andes
What crop was raised on plantations an turned into molasses or rum
Sugar Cane
Those of European descent that shared mixed ancestory with the African Slaves
Mulattoes
Percentage of Indians in the America's that were wiped out by disease?
90%
An alliance with these Indians helped Cortes defeat the Aztecs
Tlaxcalans
Portuguese colony named from a tree used for dye
Brazil
Sought to end the forced labor of the native Indians and also served the Church
Bartolome de Las Casas
Where a young woman in the America's could go for an education
Convent (Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz)