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what was the Black Legend?
the idea that the Spanish only tortured and butchered the natives, stole their gold and left them with little but misery
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what was the Black Legend?
the idea that the Spanish only tortured and butchered the natives, stole their gold and left them with little but misery
what compliment did the Spanish pay to the Natives?
they intermarried with them and formed a new culture with them called the mestizos
what was the treaty of Tordesillas?
a treaty between Spain and Portugal where the Pope divided up the New World between them. Spain got most of it, Portugal only really got Brazil
from where to where did the Spanish empire stretch?
from the Philippines (Pacific) to the Americas (Atlantic)
what were some of the Spanish 'conquistadores' and what did they come for?
Balboa, Magellan, Cortez, Pizarro, De Soto, De Leon, Coronado; they came for the 3 G's = gold, God, and glory
what were the major cities in the Spanish Empire?
Lima, Santa Fe, St. Augustine, Havana, and Los Angeles
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
what was the Black Legend? | the idea that the Spanish only tortured and butchered the natives, stole their gold and left them with little but misery |
what compliment did the Spanish pay to the Natives? | they intermarried with them and formed a new culture with them called the mestizos |
what was the treaty of Tordesillas? | a treaty between Spain and Portugal where the Pope divided up the New World between them. Spain got most of it, Portugal only really got Brazil |
from where to where did the Spanish empire stretch? | from the Philippines (Pacific) to the Americas (Atlantic) |
what were some of the Spanish 'conquistadores' and what did they come for? | Balboa, Magellan, Cortez, Pizarro, De Soto, De Leon, Coronado; they came for the 3 G's = gold, God, and glory |
what were the major cities in the Spanish Empire? | Lima, Santa Fe, St. Augustine, Havana, and Los Angeles |
governors were also called… | viceroys |
the three types of provinces in the Spanish Empire | Presido - forts; Missions; Pueblos - trading |
the encomienda/repartimiento system did what? | it established Spanish authority over the Native Americans (including forced labor and religious conversion) |
what was the most complete victory of the Natives over the Europeans? | the Pueblo Revolt (or Pope's Rebellion) |
who helped bring an end to slave labor in the Spanish settlements? | Father De la Casas |
the geologically oldest mountains in the world | The Appalachians |
The Iroquis Confederacy remained a strong political and military influence until… | the American Revolution. many picked different sides and the confederacy was divided |
much of the Spanish motivation to explore came from the newfound confidence after… | the national defeat and expulsion of the Muslim Moors |
what was the effect of the rise of centralized national monarchs, such as those of Spain? | it was a crucial development that paved the way for the European colonization of America |
the early primary rival of Spain for the New World | Portugal |
important Mississippian culture sight, near Illinois | Cahokia |
flourishing West African that had its capital and university in Timbuktu | Mali |
wealthy capital of the Aztec empire | Tenochtitlan |
person of mixed Indian and European ancestory | mestizos |
Indian people of the Rio Grande Valley who were cruelly oppressed by the Spanish | Pueblo |
female Indian slave who served as an interpreter for Cortes | Malinche |
legendary founder of the Iroquis Confederacy | Hiawatha |
the financers and beneficiaries of Columbus' voyage west | Ferdinand and Isabella |
the oldest, continually inhabited European settlement in US history | St. Augustine |
Italian-born navigator sent by the English to explore the North American coast in 1498 | John Cabot |
the powerful Aztec monarch who fell to the Spanish because he believed Cortes was a god come to fulfill a prophecy | Montezuma |
Franciscan missionary that settled California | Junipero Serra |
inland sea left by melting glaciers whose remnant is the Great Salt Lake | Lake Bonneville |
Spanish conquistador that conquered the Incas in Peru | Pizarro |