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8163532584ConquistadoresA conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.0
8163532585Aztec EmpireA member of a people of central Mexico whose civilization was at its height at the time of the Spanish conquest in the early 16th century.1
8163532586Inca EmpireA member of the group of Quechuan peoples of highland Peru who established an empire from northern Ecuador to central Chile before the Spanish conquest.2
8163532587New SpainWas a colonial territory of the Spanish Empire, in the New World north of the Isthmus of Panama. It was established following the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1521, and following additional conquests, it was made a viceroyalty (Spanish: virreinato) in 1535.3
8163532588TenochtitlanWas the capital city of the Aztec Empire from the middle of the 1300s to the early 1500s.4
8163532589AtahualpaLast independent Incan emperor (1532-1533), who defeated his half-brother Huáscar (1532) and briefly reunited the empire after years of civil war. He was captured by the Spaniards, convicted of plotting against Pizarro, and executed by garrote despite his agreement to a vast ransom.5
8163532590ViceroysA ruler exercising authority in a colony on behalf of a sovereign.6
8163532591John CabotWas a Genoese navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of parts of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is commonly held to have been the first European exploration of the mainland of North America since the Norse .7
8163532592New AmsterdamA settlement established by the Dutch near the mouth of Hudson River and the southern end of Manhattan Island; annexed by the English in 1664 and renamed New York.8
8163532593HispaniolaIs the 22nd-largest island in the world, located in the Caribbean island group, the Greater Antilles. It is the second largest island in the Caribbean after Cuba, and the tenth most populous island in the world.9
8163532594Columbian ExchangeWas the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, and ideas between the Americas and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries, related to European colonization and trade after Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage.10
8163532595TainosA member of an extinct Arawak people formerly inhabiting the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas.11
8163532596EncomiendaA grant by the Spanish Crown to a colonist in America conferring the right to demand tribute and forced labor from the Indian inhabitants of an area.12
8163532597EncomenderosWas based on the Reconquista institution in which adelantados were given the right to extract tribute from Muslims or other peasants in areas that they had conquered and resettled.13
8163532598Mit'a SystemWas mandatory public service in the society of the Inca Empire.14
8163532599Transatlantic Slave TradeWas the biggest deportation in history and a determining factor in the world economy of the 18th century. Millions of Africans were torn from their homes, deported to the American continent and sold as slaves.15
8163532600CreolesA person of mixed European and black descent, especially in the Caribbean.16
8163532601PeninsularesWas a Spanish-born Spaniard residing in the New World or the Spanish East Indies.17
8163532602CastasWas a hierarchical system of race classification created by Spanish elites (españoles) in Hispanic America during the eighteenth century.18
8163532603MestizosA man of mixed race, especially the offspring of a Spaniard and an American Indian.19
8163532604MulattoesA person of mixed white and black ancestry, especially a person with one white and one black parent.20
8163532605ZambosRacial terms used in the Spanish and Portuguese Empires and occasionally today to identify individuals in the Americas who are of mixed African and Amerindian ancestry (the analogous English term, considered a slur, is sambo).21
8163539524Christopher ColumbusItalian explorer who sailed to the Caribbean trying to find a western route to Asia but instead found America22
8163544642colonieslands that are controlled by another nation23
8163550866Hernan CortesSpanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)24
8163550868Mexico CityCapital of New Spain; built on ruins of Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan.25
8163556317Francisco PizarroConquered the Incas26
8163556318LimaPeru27
8163560292Treaty of Tordesillasset the boundary established in 1493 to define Spanish and Portuguese possessions in the Americas.28
8163566163audienciasadvisory groups to viceroys in Spanish America29
8163569311QuebecFirst permanent French settlement in North America, founded by Samuel de Champlain30
8163590510New FranceArea of the Americas explored and claimed by France31
8163596615virginiafirst of england's colonies, struggled with economic and political problems (bacon's rebellion)32
8163599690JamestownThe first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia33
8163619760Henry hudsonEnglish navigator who discovered the Hudson River34
8163619761caravela small, fast Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship of the 15th-17th centuries.35
8163625513small poxInfectious disease brought to America by the Spanish that devastated native populations.36
8163629615potosilargest new world silver mine; located in Bolivia37
8163632543galleonslarge Spanish sailing ships of long ago, having many decks38
8163635192sugarcanea grassy plant that is a natural source of sugar39
8163638239northwest passagea waterway through or around North America40
8163642820nahuatlAztec language41
8163646631vodunAfrican religious ideas and practices among descendants of African slaves in Haiti.42
8163655746santeriaCuban religion that combines Catholic and West African beliefs43
8163658312candombleAfrican religious ideas and practices in Brazil, particularly among the Yoruba people.44
8163664120engenhosPortuguese term for sugar cane mill and the associated facilities45
8163664122cash cropscrops, such as tobacco, sugar, and cotton, raised in large quantities in order to be sold for profit46
8163666302London companyowner of Jamestown, it was a joint-stock company headquartered in England47
8163670679tabaccoa dry, shredded leaf major crop traded48
8163675733indentured servitudepenniless persons who bound themselves to work for a number of years to pay their passage49

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