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History 5
Ch16 S1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hernan Cortes | Spanish Conquerer who defeated the Aztecs |
| Francisco Pizarro | conquerer who defeated the Incas in Peru |
| Montezuma | Aztec Emperor |
| Atahualpa | Incan leader killed by the Spanish |
| Conquistadors | Spanish Conquerers who invaded the New World |
| Malinche | Native slave girl who became Cortes' lover and translator |
| Lopes Martin | Shipbuilder Cortes sought after escaping Tenochtitlan |
| Tenochtitlan | capital city of the Aztec Empire |
| Hispaniola | Caribbean island of the Taino civilization |
| Mexico | Territory of the Aztecs conquered by Cortes and his men |
| Peru | Land of the Incan civilization |
| Yucatan | The part of Mexico at which Cortes and his men landed in the New World |
| The Spanish played on the _____ between the Indians to make allies and conquer the Americas | Division and discontent |
| Conquistadors were attracted to the Americas by | riches and national pride |
| The Natives began to believe that their gods had deserted them partly because | the spanish seemed immune to diseases that devastated the Natives |
| In the area of _____, the Spanish had a definite advantage over the Natives | military technology |
| Hernan Cortes was victorious over the Aztecs at Tenochtitlan because of | siege warfare |
| Why were the Aztecs defeated? | disease weakened them, spanish guns and horses, Spanish alliances with Aztec enemies. |
| What did the spanish find in mexico | an advanced civilization, altars of human sacrifice, beautiful cities |
| spanish volunteers came to New Spain to | Obtain personal wealth, spread the word of God, gain glory for Spain. |
| Hernan Cortes financed his own journey | true |
| Malinche was considered a traitor to her people | true |
| Besides conquering mexico for spain what else did Cortes do | he wiped out an entire civilization |
| Where were many natives forced to work under harsh conditions | silver mines |
| To the Aztecs, the destruction of Tenochtitlan signaled the end of the reign of which god? | the sun god |
| What was the CDSO of Spanish America? | 1. Peninsulares2. Creoles3. Metizos, Mulattoes4. Native Americans, African Americans |
| Audiencia | Local government established in New Spain to control the treatment of the Native Americans |
| creoles | American born descendants of spanish settlers |
| encomiendas | gave the conquistadors permission from the kind to demand labor or tribute from Native Americans |
| metizos | people of mixed Native American and European descent |
| mulattoes | people of mixed african and european descent |
| peninsulares | those born in spain they were at the top of the society in Spanish America |
| peons | workers forced to work for landlord in order to pay off debt (was equivilent to peasant class) |
| plantations | large estates worked by laborers who lived on the premises to produce cash crops such as sugar cane. |
| universities | built by the Spanish in the Americas to meet the need for educated priests |
| viceroys | appointed by the king to rule the colonies in his name |
| What did the portuguese pursue for profit in Brazil | plantations |
| The 'silent killers' of the New World were the new, quiet cross bows of the Conquistadors | False, they were diseases |
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