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DCUSH Vocabulary 1
Practice for the first vocabulary quiz in DCUSH.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tenochtitlan | the capital city of the Aztec empire; the city was built on marshy islands on the western side of Lake Tetzcoco, which is the site of present-day Mexico city |
| repartimiento system | Spanish labor system under which Indigenous subjects were legally free and able to earn wages but were also required to perform a fixed amount of labor yearly; replaced the encomienda system |
| Reconquista | the "reconquest" of Spain from the Moors completed by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella in 1492 |
| Pueblo Revolt | uprising in 1680 by allied Pueblo led by Popé that temporarily drove Spanish colonists out of New Mexico |
| mestizos | Spanish word for persons of mixed Native American and European ancestry |
| Hacienda | large-scale farm in the Spanish empire worked by Native American laborers |
| conquistadors | Spanish term for "conquerors," applied to Spanish and Portuguese soldiers who conquered lands held by Indigenous peoples in central and Southern America as well as the current states of Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California |
| Columbian Exchange | the transatlantic flow of goods and people that began with Columbus's voyages in 1492 |
| borderland | a place between or near recognized borders where no group of people has complete political control or cultural dominance |
| caravel | a fifteenth century European ship capable of long-distance travel |
| Black Legend | idea that the Spanish empire was more oppressive toward Indigenous Americans than other European empires; used as a justification for English imperial expansion |
| Bartolomé de Las Casas | a Catholic missionary who renounced the Spanish practice of coercively converting Indians and advocated their better treatment. In 1552, he wrote "A Brief Relation of the Destruction of the Indies," which described the cruel treatment of Native Americans. |
| Aztec | the Mesoamerican empire ruled by the Mexica people that was defeated by the Spanish under Hernan Cortes and his Native Allies, 1519-1528 |
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