Mexica
When the Mexica encountered men on horseback for the first time, they thought they were monsters akin to this Greek mythological creature.
What are Centaur?
Conquistadors, or conquerors in the Spanish language, were made up of these people.
Who were Spanish and Portuguese sailors and soldiers?
When Cortes first arrived to Tenochtitlan, the Mexica threw these at the feet of the arriving Conquistadors, trying to honor the man who might be a god.
What are flowers?
This man married Stephanie McMahon in a kayfabe (fake) wedding on WWE's Monday Night Raw in 1999, and actually married her on October 25, 2003.
Who is Triple H/Paul Levesque?
The Mexica perform this ceremonial dance to honor the gods, welcome the next generation, and show respect to the natural world.
What is the Serpent Dance?
The First Expedition to explore the Yucatan peninsula and conquer the native peoples there was sent by this Governor of Cuba.
Who is Diego Velazquez?
For decades and centuries afterwards, many a Spanish horror and/or adventure author has harkened back to the night of June 30th to July 1st, 1519.
What is "La Noche Triste" 'The Night of Sorrows'?
Name one of the two most common elements found inside of a Star.
What are Hydrogen and Helium?
The 'Tlatoani' was the Mexican King, but did not rule through political power but through this rhyming system of power?
What is 'Might makes Right'?
To ensure he had absolute political power and authority in this new land, and fearing Governor Velazquez's wrath, Cortes appoints himself as this over the city of Vera Cruz.
What is Magistrate?
This port city gained its name since it was founded on Good Friday 1519 by Hernan Cortes, and becomes his overall base of operations in Mesoamerica
What is Vera Cruz?
In what year did the LA Riots take place after Rodney King was brutally arrested, leading King to famously say "Can't we all just get along?"
What is 1992?
The Mexica believe this deity created the First World and would come to decree the End of the Last World.
Who is Quetzacoatl?
Most Conquistadors did not care about converting the pagan natives to Christianity or expanding the power of the Spanish Crown, but rather sought to collect and hoard this, like myths about dragons like Smaug.
What is gold?
When Cortes arrives at Tlaxcala, he sends a fictionalized report to the King of Spain, referencing this battle that never happened, as proof that the King can reliably send more soldiers to Cortes.
What is the Battle of Otumba?
In August of 2016, the Standing Rock members of this tribe successfully protested a portion of the Dakota Access Pipeline from being built on their sacred burial grounds.
What are the Sioux?
The Mexica share a belief with what other people that there is a powerful deity/god-like being with albino (white) skin whose job it is to prepare mankind for the ending of the world.
Who are the Hopi?
When Cortes arrives on the mainland and conquers the first Mexican village, he frees and marries a 14 year old slave, giving her this name.
Who is Marie?
When Tenochtitlan fell, the Conquistadors turned on Tlaxcala and the rest of the Native Nations, creating the region of New Spain with this man naturally as its first Governor, though the King of Spain recalled him when he named a Viceroy to replace him.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
In 2003, George W Bush made an infamous victory speech on the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, which had a banner reading this in large letters, even though the war would not end for another eight years.
What is Mission Accomplished?