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Which cultural group had most power in the Spanish colonies?
Peninsulares
Which term describes how land was controlled in New Spain?
Encomienda system
Which term describes an ethnic group with Spanish and Native American blood?
Mestizo
This group was first conquered by Spaniards and then turned into slaves
Native Americans
Who were Criollos?
Spanish settlers born in New Spain whose parents were born in Spain
This Conquistador defeated the Aztecs.
Hernan Cortes
The Emperor ruled the Aztecs
Montezuma II
This City was the Aztec Capital
Tenochtitlan
Spanish word for Conqueror
Conquistador
Indian built waterways to carry water
aqueduct
This device, made of knotted strings, helped record information and communicate across the empire
Quipu
He conquered the Incas
Francisco Pizarro
These were designed to aid farming on steep mountain slopes
Terraces
Inca Ruler who was defeated by Pizarro and his men
Atahualpa
This modern day country was home to the Inca Empire and it’s Capital city (name both)
Peru, Cuzco
This event gave Columbian Exchange its name
Christopher Columbus discovered the new world
Brought from Europe, these changed warfare, transportation and agriculture in the new world
Horses
Europeans carried these to the new world, resulting in the deaths of millions of natives
Diseases like small pox
What two languages are the most spoken in Latin America?
Spanish and Portuguese
Explain why African slaves were imported to do the work in the Spanish colonies.
Native Americans were wiped out by disease or warfare and needed to be replaced
The “Cry of Delores” took place in what Country? Who lead this revolt? (answer both)
Mexico, Father Miguel Hidalgo
Name the former slave who lead a fight against the French. Where did this occur? (answer both)
Touissant L’Overture, Haiti
Fidel Castro’s rule changed life in Cuba. Name 2 ways life changed for Cubans
New Communist system, loss of rights, new dictatorship, new relationship with USSR, loss of trade with US
Known as “The Liberator” this man lead many South American countries to freedom
Simon Bolivar
Zapata in 1910, and the EZLN today were concerned primarily with ?
Land rights and other issues concerning native American people
Make your wager
Fugencio Batista
Who was the Dictator who was replaced by Castro’s revolution?