Latin America 2-3
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- Why did Columbus call the people in the Americas Indians?
- Because he thought he was in the East Indies in Asia
- Mestizos
- People of mixed Spanish and Native American descent
- Why is the language and background of Brazil Portuguese?
- Because of the Treaty of Tordesillas
- What were the three main social classes of Lima?
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Spaniards
Mestizos
Native Americans - After a fierce and bloody battle the Aztec's surrendered to Cortex in what year?
- 1521
- What year did Pizarro conquer the Incan empire?
- 1535
- Which Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztecs?
- Hernan Cortes
- What was Lima's geographic layout based on?
- Spanish social class
- What year did Hernan Cortes sail to Mexico in search of treasure?
- 1519
- hacienda
- Plantation owned by Spaniards or the Catholic Church
- Encomiendas
- Spaniards right to demand taxes or labor from Native Americans
- In return for the right to hunt for treasure the conquistadors agreed to do what?
- They had to give Spain one fifth of any treasure they found
- What were the two most important provinces in Spain's territories?
- New Spain and Peru
- What was the capital of New Spain?
- Mexico City
- What was the capital of Peru?
- Lima
- Treaty of Tordesillas
- An agreement between Spain and Portugal that set the Line Of Demarcation
- What did Spain divide its territory into?
- Provinces
- Line of Demarcation
- imaginary line from North Pole to South Pole at 50* longitude-Gave Spain west of the line and Portugal east to trade and settle in
- What were the first two countries to search for new trade routes to Asia?
- Spain and Portugal
- List four reasons the conquistadors were able to conquer the Aztec and the Incan Empire
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They had guns and cannons.
They rode horses.
They carried diseases.
Because of rivalry some natives helped them. - Treaty
- an agreement in writing between two or more countries
- What was the name of the Aztec ruler who surrendered to Cortes?
- Moctezuma
- Which Spanish conquistador conquered the Incan Empire?
- Francisco Pizarro
- Conquistador
- Conquerors
- Who did Christopher Columbus ask to sponsor his voyage first?
- Portugal
- Malinche
- Daughter of a Mayan leader who translated for Cortes
- Which country agreed to sponser Christopher Columbus on his voyage to Asia
- Spain
- Who did Moctezuma think Cortes was?
- the god Quetzalcoatl returning to rule the Aztecs
- When did Christopher Columbus land in the Americas?
- October 12, 1942