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Explorers and Conquests
The Aztec and Spanish
Spanish Conquests
100
Spanish explorer in the Americas in the 1500s
What is a conquistador?
100
an Aztec emperor who was taken prisoner by Cortes
Who is Montezuma ?
100
system of rewarding conquistadors with tracts of land and the right to tax and demand labor from Native Americans who lived on the land
What is encomienda?
200
home or community of homes built by Native Americans
What is a pueblo ?
200
The capital of the Aztec empire
What is Tenochtitlan ?
200
a large estate run by an owner or manager and farmed by laborers who lived there
What is a plantation ?
300
special privilege or authority
What is a grant?
300
Name of the myth involving Montezuma
What is Montezuma's Revenge
300
a religious settlement
What is a mission ?
400
a Spanish conquistador who overtook the Aztec empire.
Who is Hernan Cortes ?
400
a conquistador who sailed down the Pacific coast to South America and destroyed much of the Inca army
Who is Francisco Pizarro ?
400
to establish or set up
What is to found?
500
Empire that Cortes defeated
What is the Aztec Empire?
500
an Inca ruler, defeated by Pizarro in 1532
Who is Atahualpa ?
500
religion that the Spanish were trying to spread through lands
What is Christianity