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World History chap 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pedro I | Said "Independance or death" also first emperor of Brail. |
| Caudillos | Strong men who helped overthrow goverment but ruled as dictators themselves |
| Gauchos | In Argentina, have become the symbol of rugged independance. |
| Jose de San Martin | Chosen by the Argentine goverment to help find Peru independance. |
| Simon Bolivar | Helped many south American countrys get independance. |
| Antonio Lis boa | One of Brail's most famous sculpters. |
| Haciendas | Huge country estate owned by a rich man. |
| Jersuits | Priests who were exspelled from latin America by the Spanish or Portuguese. |
| Metizos | People with Indian and Spanish parents. |
| New Laws of 1542 | Laws set up to protest the Indians and the Metizos. |
| Brtolome de Las Casas | Dominica friar who spoke out against Indian slavery. |
| Pampas | Known for it's fertile grasslands. |
| Amazon River | Secound longest river on the world ( in south america) |
| Andes Mountains | The longest uninterrupted mountain barrier in the world ( in south america) |
| Peninsulares | Spaniards born in spain. |
| Viceroy | The king appointed him to rule each colony. |
| Council of the Indies | Spain established them to oversee there colonys in 1524. |
| Donatarios | Nobles who were given land to rule Portugal. |
| Imported | Brought into the country |
| Thome de Souze | The first govener general of Brazil |
| Exported | Taken out of a country |
| Mother Country | Controlling European country. |
| Creoles | People of pure spanish or Portuguese descent born in America. |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | An agreement that split south America between Spain and Portugal in 1494 |
| Line of Demarcation | A line used to seperate Portugal and spain by Pope Alezander VI |
| Latin America | Spain and Portugal. These two countries are Latin in orgin,the area they settled, south and cebtral America, is often referred to ad latin America. |
| Iberian Peninsula in Europe | People from here settled south America |