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US History Chapter 2
Mrs. Narlock Chapter 2 vocab section 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does the word conquistador mean? | A conquistador is a Spanish soldier explorer |
| Who was Hernando Cortes? | A spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec leader Montezuma and claimed Mexico for Spain |
| Who was Montezuma? | The hated Aztec leader |
| What is a plantation? | A large farm worked by people who lived on the property |
| What is a encomienda? (ehn KOH mee ehn dahz) | land grants that included the right to demand labor or taxes from Native Americans |
| Who was Bartolome de Las Casa? | A Spanish priest who worked to reform the spanish encomienda system and treatment of the Indians who worked in the mines. |
| What was a mission? | A mission was a religious settlement run by catholic priests and friars. |
| What was a peninsular? | Men who were at the top of the strict spanish colony social system Spanish colonists who had been born in Spain |