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41 Cards in this Set
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Ferdinand or Aragon
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monarch of the largest Christian kingdoms in Iberia, along with Isabella of Castile.
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Isabella Of Castile
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Wife of Ferdinand of Aragon, monarch of largest Christian kingdoms in Iberia.
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encomiendas
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Grants of Indian laborers made to Spanish conquerors and settlers in Mesoamerica and south America.
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Caribbean
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First area of Spanish exploration and settlement.
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Hernan Cortes
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Led expedition of 600 to coast of Mexico in 1519.
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Moctezuma II
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Last independent Aztec Emperor. Killed during Hernan Cortes' conquest of Tenochtitlan.
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New Spain
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Spanish colonial possessions in Mesoamerica.
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Francisco Pizarro
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Led conquest of Inca Empire of Peru beginning in 1535.
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Fransisco Vazquez de Coronado
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Leader of Spanish Expedition into northern frontier region of New Spain.
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Pedro de Valdivia
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Spanish conquistador who conquered Araucanian Indians of Chile and established city of Santiago in 1541.
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Encomendero
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Holder of an encomienda.
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Mita
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Labor extracted for lands assigned to the state and the religion.
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Columbian Exchange
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biological and ecological exchange that took place following spanish establishment of colonies in New World.
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Haciendas
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rural estates in Spanish colonies in New World.
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Potosi
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Mine located in upper Peru (modern Bolivia), Largest new world silver mine.
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Huancavelica
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Location of greatest deposit of mercury in South America.
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Casa de Contratacion
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Spanish board of Trade operated out of Seville.
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Consulado
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Merchant guild of Seville.
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Galleons
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Large, heavily armed ships used to carry silver from New world colonies to Spain.
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Treaty de Tordesillas
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Signed in 1494 between Castile and Portugal.
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Latrados
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University-trained lawyers from Spain in the New World.
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Recopilacion
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Body of laws collected in 1681from Spanish possessions in New World.
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Council of the Indies
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Body within the Castilian government that issued all laws and advised king on all matters dealing with the Spanish colonies of the New World.
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Viceroyalties
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Two major divisions of Spanish colonies in the New World.
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Audiencias
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Royal court of appeals established in Spanish colonies of the New World.
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Pedro Alvares Cabral
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Portuguese leader of an expedition to India
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Capitaincies
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Strips of land along Brazilian coast granted to minor Portuguese nobles for development.
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Miscegenation
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Practice of interracial marriage or sexual contact.
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Paulistas
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Backwoodsmen from Sao Paulo in Brazil.
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Minas Gertais
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Region of Brazil located in mountainous interior where gold strikes were discovered in 1695.
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Rio de Janeiro
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Brazilian port.
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Sociedad de Castas
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American Social System based on racial origins.
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Peninsulares
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People living in the new World Spanish colonies but born in Spain.
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Creoles
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Whites born in the New World.
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Amigos del Pais
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Clubs and associations dedicated to improvements and reform in Spanish colonies.
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War of the Spanish Succession
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Resulted from Bourbon family's succession to Spanish throne in 1701.
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Charles III
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Spanish enlightened monarch.
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Commercio Libre
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Policy established during reign of Charles III.
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Jose de Galvez
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Spanish minister of the Indies and Chief architect of Colonial reform.
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Marquis of Pombal
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Prime minister of Portugal from 1755 to 1776.
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Comunero Revolt
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one of the popular revolts against Spanish colonial rule in New Granada (Columbia) in 1781.
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