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Colonial New Mexico
This means what?
100
Spanish word meaning conqueror
What is conquistador?
100
The voyage of Columbus took place in this year
What is 1492?
100
Convinced King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain to finance a voyage to find a new water route to Asia.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
A parade ground in Santa Fe built much like those in the Spanish Empire?
What is a plaza de armas?
100
To force someone to leave
What is banish?
200
A widespread outbreak of a contagious disease.
What is epidemic?
200
The Pueblo Revolt took place in this year.
What is 1680?
200
Set sail with 600 men and 16 horses and landed on the Yucatan Peninsula.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
200
Appointed by the Spanish as the first royal governor of New Mexico.
Who is Peralta?
200
An irrigation canal
What is acequia?
300
a contagious and often deadly disease characterized y a high fever and large sores on the skin that leave scars
What is smallox?
300
The Acoma Revolt took place in these years
What is 1598-1599?
300
Arrived in Peru in 1531 and took the Incan emperor hostage, later killing him
Who is Franciso Pizarro?
300
The colonial economy was based mostly on this.
What are farming and ranching?
300
a town conciliate during Spanish Colonial times
What is a cabildo?
400
A steep cliff
What is a bluff?
400
The Coronado Expedition took place over these years.
What is 1540-1542?
400
Traveled with a slave named Esteban.
Who is Cabeza de Vaca?
400
A medicine man and war chief from the San Juan Pueblo
Who is Pope?
400
a military fort
What is a presidio?
500
A Spanish colonial policy that granted land and the Indians living on it to Spanish soldiers and colonists as a reward for service
What is encomienda
500
Cortes conquered the Aztecs over these years.
What is 1519-1521?
500
One of the largest expeditions ever was led by this man.
Who is Coronado?
500
This man was chosen to lead the reconquest of New Mexico after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.
Who is Vargas?
500
A ditch boss or manager of aceuia
What is mayordomo?