Cortes
Aztec Emperor of who was dethroned by Cortes in 1520
Montezuma
What was Francisco Pizzaro;s achievement in the New World
Conquered an empire with a couple hundred Spaniards and thousands of Indigenous allies.
What does mestizo refer to in the context of Spanish Colonization
A person of mixed European and indigenous ancestors
New Spain comprised a large area of the southern and western portions of
North America
What was the main reason why the Spanish conquistadors were able to conquer much of the New World?
Advanced technology (gun powder & steel)
Aztec capital destroyed by Cortez in 1521
Tenochtitlan
South American area conquered by Pizzaro.
Peru
A conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th Century
Conquistadors
What was the name given to the newly conquered lands in America by the Spanish?
New Spain
What was the consequences of the Spanish bringing diseases to the New World?
Indigenous population was reduced by 90%
Geographical Locations of the Aztec Empire
Mexico
South American empire invaded by Francisco Pizzaro in 1532.
Incas
The action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it
Exploration
What was the New Spain territory comprised of
All areas conquered by Spain in the New World.
What was the purpose of the Spanish missionaries in the New World
Educate and convert the Natives to Christianity
Benefits that Cortes may have had over the Aztecs
Disease, horses and gunpowder
Spanish conquistador who conquered Peru
Pizzaro
The action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area.
Colonization
Make full use of and derive benefit from (a source)
Exploit
A term used to describe the Americas and Oceania.
New World
What was the outcome of Hernan Cortes conquest of the Aztec Empire?
Made himself ruler of Aztecs and sent millions of pounds of gold to Spain.
Inca capital captured by Pizzaro in 1533
Cuzco
Make (someone) a slave
Enslave
Was an integral territorial entity of the Spanish Empire
New Spain
Each of a series of medieval military expeditions made by Europeans to the Holy Land.
Crusades