Central and Southern America Terms and names
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| Conquistadores | A few soldiers that were lucky to conquer large, rich, ancient civilizations. Germs, Horses, and guns helped the conquistadores conquer these countries.
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| Hernan Cortes | Led an expedition with 600 men to the Mexican Mainland in search of slaves and to establish trade.
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| Francisco Pizarro | In 1532 this Spanish conquistador, accompanied by 180 men, 37 horses and 2 cannons arranged to meet the Inca emperor. He and his men captured the emperor. In exchange for his freedom the emperor offered the spaniards a room of gold and silver. killed emp.
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| Mayans | Have only known fully developed language in the Americas. Known for art and architecture, mathematics and astronomy. Classical period was 250-900
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| Incans | Empire stretched nearly 3,000 miles sourth from the equator and contained half of teh population in south America
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| Aztecs | Cosmology attributed the creation and the ordering of the world to the Toltec god Quetzalcoatl. Believed that each human was a kind of axis mundi, connecting the earthly realm to the divine.
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| Liberation Theology | Jesus is seen not just as a redeemer, but as a liberator of the opressed. Strong desire to bring justice to the poor. Sometimes described as form of Christian Socialism. Some elements have been rejected by the Vatican.
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| Hugo Chavez | Socialist and anti-imperialist, gave money to poor. Opponent of the US
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| Socialism | Happened in Venezuela under Hugo Chavez
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| Juan Diego | said to have seen the Virgin Mary "Our lady of Guadalupe"
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