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The Spanish were seeking these 3 things.
What is gold, God, glory
He sailed to the Americas accidentally in this year.
What is 1492?
These were the indigenous people that inhabited the island of Cuba.
Who are the Taino?
Conquistadors means this in Spanish.
What is conquerors?
The Spanish were seeking a shortcut to this part of the world.
What is Asia?
He helped overthrow the Cuban government with these two brothers who would go on to rule it.
Who is Che Guevara?
Tenochitilan is the capital of this former empire.
Which was the Aztec Empire.
While Cuba wasn't rich in Gold, it was rich in this natural resource.
What is sugar cane.
This Spanish explorer arrived in Mexico in 1519.
Who is Hernan Cortes.
He was the emperor of the Aztec Empire when the Spanish arrived.
Who is Moctezuma the Second?
This disease "decimated" the Native Americans.
What is smallpox?
Name two of the three big things the Spanish had that interested the Aztec Emperor.
What is war dogs, cannons, and horses?
This system ranked people based on how much Spanish, Native American, European, & African blood they had.
What is the Spanish Caste system?
This amendment following the Spanish American War laid out how the US was to withdrawal, Guantanamo Bay, and shaped US Cuba relations.
What is the Platt Amendment?
This is the religion that these early explorers were trying to spread.
What is Catholicism.
They joined with the Spanish to help overthrow the Aztecs.
Who were the Native Americans.
By this year, Tenoochtitlan and Moctezuma the Second had died.
What is 1521?
It was a combination of feudalism and slavery.
What is the Encomiendas System?
This is the combination of Native American beliefs and Christianity.
What is syncretism?
Led by a man name Pope, they burned down Spanish churches, killed priests, and put up their own places of worship.
What is the Pueblo Revolt?