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WHWG 9 - Conquest
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Tainos | Natives in the west Indies that Columbus made contact with |
| Conquistadors | Spanish Conquers |
| Malinche | Indian women who served as Cortes interpreter |
| Tenochtitlan | The Aztec capital which later became Mexico City |
| Aztec | Great Indian empire from Mexico |
| Montezuma | Aztec emperor who was defeated by Cortes |
| Quetzalcoatl | The Aztec God King who long ago vowed to return from the East |
| Francisco Pizzaro | Spanish Conquistador who conquered the Inca’s in Peru |
| Inca | Great Indian empire in present day Peru |
| Atahualpa | The Incan ruler in Peru |
| New Spain | Most important Spanish province situated in Mexico |
| Council of the Indies | Group appointed by the King of Spain to pass laws for Spanish provinces in America |
| Viceroys | Representatives who ruled each Spanish province in the name of the King |
| Audiencias | Lesser Spanish officials who helped the Viceroys rule |
| Plantations | Large estates |
| Encomiendas | The right of Spanish colonists to demand labor or tribute from the Native population |
| Bartolome De Las Casas | Catholic priest who spoke out against the treatment of the natives |
| New Laws of the Indies | 1542, ended the enslavement of the Native Americans in Spanish America |
| Peons | Workers forced to labor for a landlord to pay off a debt |
| Peninsular | People born in Spain |
| Criollos | American born decedents of Spanish settlers |
| Mestizos | People of mixed native American and European decent |
| Mulattoes | People of African and European decent |
| Native American or Africans | Lowest social class |
| Convents | Catholic women’s home for education |
| New France | Present day Newfoundland, Canada |
| Samuel De Champlain | Built the first French settlement in Quebec |
| Middle Passage | The voyage of slave ships from Africa to America. About half of the slaves died |
| Columbus Exchange | The exchange of people animals. Plants, technology, and disease between Europe and Americas |
| Price Revolution | The rise of prices in Europe during the global age |
| Inflation | Rise in prices due to an increase in the amount of money available |
| Capitalism | The investment of money to make a profit |
| Entrepreneurs | Enterprising merchants who provided money that financed trade |
| Joint Stock Companies | Private trading companies in which shares are sold to investors to finance business ventures |
| Mercantilism | Policy by which a nation sought to export more than it imports in order to build up it’s supply of gold and silver |