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Explorer who reached the Americas in 1492
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
This civilization built stone terraces into the sides of steep slopes.
What is the Inca civilization?
100
People of mixed Spanish and Native American descent
Who are Mestizos?
100
These two world events influenced the independence movement in Latin America.
What are The American Revolution in North America, and the French Revolution in France?
100
new trade routes to Asia
What is what the European explorers hoped to achieve by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean?
200
The ex-slave who led Haiti to independence
Who is Toussaint L'Ouverture?
200
Copan, Tikal
What are the two major cities of the Maya civilization?
200
guns, cannons, horses
What are what Europeans used to defeat the Native Americans.
200
wealthy and well-educated people in the Spanish colonies, but with little political power.
Who are criollos
200
cities, religion, government, writing system, public buildings, education, science and the arts, language
What are the features of a civilization?
300
He led the fight for independence for Chile and Peru.
Who is Jose de San Martin
300
They forced the people they conquered to pay tribute in food, gold or slaves.
What is Aztec civilization?
300
The Treaty of Tordesillas
What is the agreement between Spain and Portugal defining trade and settling rights in the New World?
300
Hidalgo's cry for revolution became known as this
What is the "Cry for Dolores"?
300
maize
What is the chief crop of the Mayas?
400
The Aztec ruler in 1519
Who is Moctezuma?
400
Guatemala, Honduras
What is the Maya civilization?
400
Conquistadors
Who were Spanish explorers?
400
the greatest Latin American revolutionary leader
Who is Simon Bolivar?
400
military officers who ruled strictly with unlimited powers
Who are caudillos
500
He led the struggle for Mexico independence.
Who is Miguel Hidalgo?
500
Tenochtitlan
What is the major city of the Aztecs?
500
hacienda
What is a plantation?
500
Dom Pedro
Who is the king of Portugal's son who granted independence to Brazil?
500
Cuba and Puerto Rico
What were the two countries still ruled by Spain in 1825?