The title says it all... >_>
Right from the glossary.
And, if any, sorry about the typos.
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| 51173763 | Ferdinand of aragon/ Isabella of Castile | Monarch of largest Christian kingdoms in Iberia; marriage with Isabella created a united Spain. | 0 | |
| 51173764 | Encomiendas | Grants of indian laborers made to Spanish conquerors and settlers in Mesoamerica and South America | 1 | |
| 51173765 | Hispaniola | First island in Carribean settled by Spaniards; settlement founded by Columbus on second voyage to the New World. | 2 | |
| 51173766 | Bartlome de las casas | 16th-century Spanish Dominican priest, writer and the first resident Bishop of Chiapas. | 3 | |
| 51173767 | Hernan cortez | Led expedition of 600 to coast of mexico in 1519; conquistador responsible for the defeat of Aztec Empire. | 4 | |
| 51173768 | Moctezuma II | Last independent Aztec Emperor; killed during Hernand Cortez's conquest of Tenochitlan. | 5 | |
| 51173769 | Mexico City | Capital of New Spain; Built on ruins of Aztec Capital of Tenochitlan. | 6 | |
| 51173770 | New Spain | Spanish colonial possesions in Mesoamerica; included most of central Mexico; based on imperial system of Aztecs. | 7 | |
| 51173771 | Francisco Pizzaro | Led conquest of Inca Empire of Peru beginning in 1535; by 1540, most of Inca psessions fell to spanish. | 8 | |
| 51173772 | Francisco Vazquez de Coronado | Leader of Spanish expedition into Northern frontier region of New Spain; entered what is now the United States in search of the mythical cities of gold. | 9 | |
| 51173773 | Pedro de Valdivia | Spanish Conquistador; conquered Araucanian indians of Chile and established city of Santiago in 1541. | 10 | |
| 51173774 | Mita | Labor extracted for lands assigned to the state and the religion; all communities were expected to contribute. | 11 | |
| 51173775 | Columbian Exchange | Biological/ecological exchange that took place following Spanish establishment of colonies in New World. | 12 | |
| 51173776 | Potosi | Mine located in upper peru; largest of new world silver mines. | 13 | |
| 51173777 | Huancavelica | Location of largest deposit of mercury in South America; aided in American silver production. | 14 | |
| 51173778 | Haciendas | Rural estates in Spanish colonies in New world; produced agricultural products for consumors in America. | 15 | |
| 51173779 | Casa de Contratacion | Spanish board of trade operated out of seville; regularized commerce with the new world. | 16 | |
| 51173780 | Consulado | Merchant guild of Seville; enjoyed virtual monopoly rights over goods shipped to america; handeled most of the silver received in return. | 17 | |
| 51173781 | Galleons | Large, heavily armored ships used to carry silver from new world colonies to Spain; | 18 | |
| 51173782 | Treaty of Tordesillas | Signed in 1494 between Castile and Portugal; Clarified spheres of influence and rights of possesion in New World. | 19 | |
| 51173783 | Recopiliacion | Body of laws collected in 1681 for spanish possesions in new world. | 20 | |
| 51173784 | Council of the Indies | Body within the castilian govt. that issued all laws and advised king on matters dealing with the spanish colonies in the new world. | 21 | |
| 51173785 | Letrados | University trained lawyers from spain in the new world; juridicial core of spanish colonial beuracracy. | 22 | |
| 51173786 | Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz | Mexican Poet and writer; talents won recognition | 23 | |
| 51173787 | Minas Gerais | mountainous region where gold strikes took place; means "general mines". | 24 | |
| 51173788 | Sociedad de Castas | American social system based on racial origins; europeans/white on top, mixed races in the middle, and Black slaves/indians at the bottom. (>_< not cool....) | 25 | |
| 51173789 | creoles | Whites born in the New World; dominated local latin american economies | 26 | |
| 51173790 | War of the Spanish Succesion | Resulted from Bourbon family's succesion to spanish throne in 1701. | 27 | |
| 51173791 | Charles III | Spanish Enlightened monarch; ruled from 1759-1788. | 28 | |
| 51173792 | Jose de Galvez | Spanish ministor of the indies; chief architect of colonial reform. | 29 | |
| 51173793 | Comunero Revolt | One of popular revolts against spanish colonial rule in New Granada. | 30 | |
| 51173794 | Tupac Amaru | Mestizo leader of indian revolt of peru; supported by many lower classes; revolt eventually failed. | 31 |
