Conquistadors
This city Tenochtitlan was the capital of what empire?
Aztecs
What centuries was Portugal at its height?
15th and 16th centuries.
What was the primary commodity coming from the West coast of Africa?
Slaves
Colonies under this country's rule didn't have violent or bloody independence movements. It was rather painless and supported by both sides.
Portugal.
Spanish colonial treatment was better or worse than their Portuguese counterparts.
Worse.
Francisco Pizarro is responsible for conquering what empire?
Inca Empire
This explorer traveled the Atlantic in 1492, in search of new trading routes to the east.
Christopher Columbus
In which century was the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade abolished? (Obviously slaves were still being traded, but large-scale trade subsided.)
19th Century.
Set in the Caribbean, this nation with its capital set at Saint-Dominique was one of the first to achieve independence in the 1790's following bloody Warring.
Haiti.
The Spanish system of forced labor based on pre-existing hierarchies.
Encomienda system
The city of Machu Pichu was located in what Latin American empire?
Incan
Daily Double! Portugal's land claims in the new world were limited to the present day country of _________?
Brazil
The 3 S's of Spanish colonization. (The three main commodities Spanish colonial empires provided.)
Sugar, Slaves, Silver
What going on in Europe prompted widespread Latin American independence movements at the turn of the 19th century?
Napoleonic France.
Spain was invaded in 1808 by which country/empire?
France/Napoleonic France
Hernan Cortez is responsible for conquering what Latin American empire in 1521.
Aztec Emprie.
The Portuguese treatment of Native populations was better or worse than the Spanish?
Better.
Diseases such as _______ _______ and ________ brought by colonizers destroyed native and African enslaved populations.
Bubonic Plague and Smallpox
What was the biggest problem facing the newly independent Spanish colonies?
Form of government, or stimulation of the economy without widespread slave labor.
By the early 19th century Spain's failures can mostly be attributed to them not doing what?
Industrializing.
Of the three great Latin American empires we have the Incas, the Aztecs and the who?
The Mayans
This treaty in 1494 separated the globe between Spanish and Portuguese influence.
Treaty of Tordesillas.
List off at least 2 goods/commodities that were traded with African chiefs and warlords in turn for slaves.
Firearms, alcohol, Textiles (manufactured goods), Gold/precious gems
The independence movement in Latin America caused civil wars and violence. Mexico was one of the more stable nations after the Spanish colonizers left? True or False.
False. There were 48 executive turnovers in just 30 years.
Spanish aristocrats/landowners were known as?
Creoles