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Am History ch 1-3
Am History Christ in the Americas ch 1-3 Part III
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Faithful soldier and chronicler of Cortes | Bernal Diaz |
| Town, allied to Montezuma, where Diaz mentioned "100,000 skulls" in their temple. | Zocotlan |
| Town that attacked Cortes, but was beaten and later asked to be allies. | Tlaxcala |
| Town that planned to massacre the Spaniards, but were betrayed by the chief's wife who told Marina, the Spaniard's interpreter. | Cholula |
| Night when half Cortes' army was killed while trying to escape from the Aztec's capitol. | Noche Triste or "night of sorrows" |
| Great battle against the Aztec host where Spaniards were out-numbered maybe 20 to one, and where the Spaniards triumphed anyway. | Battle of Otumba |
| Leader of the Spanish captains that tried to mutiny against Magellan on several occasions during his voyage around the world. | Juan de Cartagena |
| The islands reached by Magellan, where he is said to have circumnavigated the globe, and where her was killed. | Philipenes |
| Leader of the 12 Franciscans who walked to Mexico City in 1524 to minister to the Indians. | Fray Martin de Valencia |
| Man sent by Cortes to conquer Honduras, but who rebelled and tried to set up his own rule there | Cristobal de Olid |
| First bishop of Mexico and named Protector of the Indians of Mexico by the Pope. | Juan de Zumarraga |
| Appointed to be chairman of the Audiencia (commission) by Charles I to rule New Spain, and a slave trader | Nuno de Guzman |
| The title given to the Blessed Mother for her apparition and miracle of 1531 | Our Lady of Guadalupe |
| Number of Indians baptized in the 17 years after the apparition of Mary at Guadalupe in 1531... | 9 million |
| The first viceroy to rule New Spain, after the Audiencias work was done. | Don Antonio de Mendoza |
| Man who commanded an expedition to Florida where all but 4 men were lost. | Panfilo Narvaez |
| Leader of the 4 surviving men from the Florida expedition that failed in 1517, and who passed on the legend of the cities of gold. | Alvar nunez Cabeza de Vaca |
| Spanish leader who searched for "Quivera", where there was much gold, but instead explored much of Texas and New Mexico. | Coronado |
| Also looking for gold this man took his expedition through Georgia, Ala, Miss, and Tenn, sighting the MIssissippi riverin 1541. | Hernan De Soto |
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