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