Latin America History Exam 1

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The Aztez god of war

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Huitzilopoohtl

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Headed a Spanish expedition across the Isthmus of Panama, reached the Pacific Ocean

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Nunez de Balboa

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Inca Capital meaning "naval of the universe"

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Cuzco

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Institution whereby groups of indigenous people were legally "entrusted" to a conquistador

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Encomienda

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Language spoken by the Inca and many of their descendants today in Peru.

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Quecha

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Year of the victory of the Catholic Kings of Spain over Granada, expulsion of Jews, Columbus' first voyage

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1492

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Indigenous people of the Caribbean whom encountered on his voyages

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Arawaks

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A part of northeastern Brazil where scrub bushes or tress grow.

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Sertao

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America is named after this fellow.

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Amerigo Vespucci

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Mexicas were the people who created this empire in Mexico

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Aztec

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Conquistador of Chile

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Pedro de Valvidia

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Conquistadora (and heroic lover of the conquistador) of Chile

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Inez Suarez

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"Man of Fire!" the Indians of coastal Brazil called him

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"Caramuru!"

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The original founder of Buenos Aires

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Don Pedro de Mendoza

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Conquistador of Colombia

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Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada

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Lover, interpreter, spy, and a wife of Cortes

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Malinche

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Wrote a first-hand account of enslavement and transshipment as human cargo across the Atlantic

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Olaudah Equiano

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Half-brothers, one the mestizo son of Cortes and Malinche, the other son of Cortes & his second wife.

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Martin and Martin

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Portuguese naval commander who bumped into Brazil on the way to India.

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Pedro Alvarez Cabral

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Language spoken by the Aztecs and many Indians in Mexico today

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Nahuatle

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Grasslands (extensive in Argentina)

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Pampas

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Aztec Emperor

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Montezuma

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Incan Emperor

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Atahualpa

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Chile's national epic, an embrace of the Indians subjugated by the Spanish.

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La Araucana

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Indigenous people of the Brazilian forests

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Tupi

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Capital of the Aztec Empire

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Tenochtitlan

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This "gathering place of the gods" was a major city in Valley of Mexico before the creation of Aztec Empire

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Teotihuacan

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"Cow head" rare Spaniard...long sentence

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Cabeza de Vaca

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Dominican friar who denounced the abuse of American Indians; author of "The Destruction of the Indies".

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Bartolome de las Casas

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Prince of Portugal who promoted the study of cartography and promoted voyages of exploration down the coast of Western Africa

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Prince Henry the Navigator

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Conquistador of Aztecs in Mexico

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Hernan Cortes

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Floating Gardens agriculture practiced by Aztecs (Mexicas) of Tenochtitlan, Lake Texcoco, Valley of Mexico.

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Chinampas

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Year of invasion of the Muslims from North Africa into the Iberian Peninsula

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711

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Atahualpa's half-brother

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Huascar

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Conquistador of Incas in Peru

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Francisco Pizarro