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| 3149089723 | Hernando Cortes | Conquistador, lands in 1519, Cholula Massacre, conquered Tenochititlan in 1521 | 0 | |
| 3149101313 | Pedro de Alvarado | Conquistador after Cortes, conquers Guatemala, La Noche Triste | 1 | |
| 3149108214 | encomienda | encomenderos, labor and land grant given to conquistadors for a tribute to nobility in return | 2 | |
| 3149113923 | Malinche | Cortes' translator, native women | 3 | |
| 3149117087 | Bernal Diaz del Castillo | wrote true history of the conquest of spain | 4 | |
| 3149118745 | tamemes | africans coming over as slaves | 5 | |
| 3149122666 | Cholula Massacre | Cortes, meeting nobles and warriors and killed them in central plaza, 1519 | 6 | |
| 3149126702 | La Noche de Triste | Pedro Alvarado, aztecs killed the spanish out of Tenochitilan, 1520 | 7 | |
| 3149131777 | smallpox | last 120 years, kill Cuauthtemoc | 8 | |
| 3149133169 | Cuauthtemoc | last Aztec emperor after Moctezuma II- smallpox killed him 80 days of reign | 9 | |
| 3149136494 | reconquista | massacre of jews, marriage of catholic kings, expulsion of muslims | 10 | |
| 3149142292 | 1492 (3 things) | columbus sailed, expelled the jews, conquering of Granada (last Muslim empire) | 11 | |
| 3149146040 | Diego de Landa | destroyed maya and nahuatl script, Francisican | 12 | |
| 3149150290 | regular clergy | dominican and francisican | 13 | |
| 3149153737 | Muslim Kingdoms in Iberia | 700s-1492 | 14 | |
| 3149154946 | Philippines | main Spanish port- entryway to asia | 15 | |
| 3149158594 | Manila Galleon | ships that go from Philippines, facilitate trade between china, spain, america/carribean | 16 | |
| 3149167629 | Spanish Inquisition | 1478, applies to all but the natives because they were new to christianity, originally after jews | 17 | |
| 3149173609 | Atlantic slave trade to New Spain | 1580-1640, most intense traffic to mexico, unification of spain and portugal because porteguese were in charge of slave trade | 18 | |
| 3149182125 | limpieza de sangre | purity of blood | 19 | |
| 3149184988 | mulato | spanish and african only | 20 | |
| 3149186353 | mestizo | spanish and native only | 21 | |
| 3149187623 | castas | mixed people of any kind | 22 | |
| 3149192448 | Popol Wuj | ki'che maya, chicago | 23 | |
| 3149194689 | Long Count | used by mayans, August 12th 3114 BCE was first date | 24 | |
| 3149198828 | Tikal | Classic Maya city fought against Calakmul and was later part of Star Wars, capital conquest state | 25 | |
| 3149208379 | Tenochtitlan | Aztec capital city, conquered in 1521 by Cortes | 26 | |
| 3149211639 | Teotihuacan | Quetzalcoatl originated here (feathered serpent), most important classic-era city in modern-day mexico | 27 | |
| 3149216804 | altepel | city-state, Nahuatl | 28 | |
| 3149220220 | Cholula | longest continuously inhabited city and religious center in mesoamerica | 29 | |
| 3149228069 | Flowery Wars | ritual event provided the Aztecs with captives for sacrifice from Tlaxcala each year | 30 | |
| 3149233726 | Tlaxcala | prisoners were provided for aztecs Flowery Wars | 31 | |
| 3149233727 | Mexica | Tenochca and Tlatelolca | 32 | |
| 3149242335 | corn domesticated | 3500-3400 BCE | 33 | |
| 3149243629 | Olmecs | earliest form of writing, used ritual calendar | 34 | |
| 3149245917 | Cacao came from what language? | Mixe-Zoque | 35 | |
| 3149249530 | New Fire Ceremony | every 52 years, Aztecs | 36 | |
| 3149252105 | Calendar Round | combination of 260-ritual and 365-solar calendars | 37 | |
| 3149261856 | Mixtec Language | Western Oaxaca | 38 | |
| 3149263560 | Zapotec Lanuage | Eastern Oaxaca | 39 | |
| 3149265150 | Nahuatl Language | Chichimeca Frontier, Western Mexico, Central Mexico, Central Veracruz, Southern Periphey | 40 | |
| 3149274354 | Maya Language | Maya Highlands and Lowlands, Huaxteca | 41 | |
| 3149281399 | Audiencia of Santo Domingo | 1511, outskirts of the map | 42 | |
| 3149283645 | Audiencia of Mexico | 1529, middle of map (main) | 43 | |
| 3149290102 | Audiencia of Guatemala | 1544, lower half of map | 44 | |
| 3149293394 | Audiencia of Nueva Galicia | 1549, upper half of map | 45 | |
| 3149298566 | chichimecs | barbarians people of northern mesoamerica, term used for nomadic | 46 | |
| 3149305272 | Triple Alliance | Tenochititlan, Tlacopan, Texcoco | 47 | |
| 3149309483 | Juan Diego | native of mexico, first roman catholic indigenous saint, granted apparition of virgin mary on 4 occasions | 48 | |
| 3149743228 | Tollan (dont need) | mythical place from which many postclassic mesoamericans thought they had migrated | 49 | |
| 3330304779 | Virgen De Guadalupe | displayed on banners in independence movement as symbol of Mexicanidad | 50 | |
| 3330314864 | Bourbon Reforms | a precursor to Mexican independence, 18th century legislation in Spain under rule of the house of Bourbon, in response to the enlightenment and French absolutism (Louis XIV), put in place new administration to be "more efficient"; intended to stimulate manufacturing and modernize Spain | 51 | |
| 3330324352 | Creole | people of Spanish blood that were born in New Spain | 52 | |
| 3330332304 | Peninsulares | Spanish born residents of New Spain (refers to Iberian peninsula) | 53 | |
| 3330338090 | Manuel Hidalgo | a creole priest, famous for the Grito de Dolores, leader in initial movement for independence in New Spain; specific goals of the movement are ambiguous; executed 1811 | 54 | |
| 3330344482 | Grito de Dolores | September 16, 1810 (celebrated as Mexican Independence Day) "Cry of Dolores" rallies citizens to rise up against New Spain's government; initial uprising turns into mob | 55 | |
| 3330350519 | José María Morelos | assumes leadership of independence movement after Hidalgo's execution. He has a clear goal for movement including complete independence from Spain; eventually captured and executed | 56 | |
| 3330354006 | Vicente Guerrero | general in war for independence; collaborated with Iturbide on Plan of Iguala (Feb. 24, 1821) | 57 | |
| 3330359851 | Agustín Iturbide (emperor) | emperor of First Mexican Empire (1821-1823) | 58 | |
| 3330361945 | Antonio López de Santa Anna | One of the first caudillo (military leader and landowner who exercised in an authoritarian way). He served as president of Mexico 11 times from 1833-1855. By replacing the Constitution of 1824 with the Constitution of 1835 that centralized the gov't and this allowed Santa Anna's regime to become a military dictatorship. The Northern states rebelled against the changes SA was trying to make - this caused the Republic of Texas to take form. He was also the commanding general during the US-Mexican War. His career is marked by repeated losses and intermittent exiles. | 59 | |
| 3330365734 | Texas independence | (1836) breaks away from Mexico, serving as an external threat/weakening factor towards the new government | 60 | |
| 3330367382 | La invasión norteamericana | United States uses manifest destiny to invade Mexico and seize territory | 61 | |
| 3330369527 | Niños héroes | young soldiers who died guarding the Chapultepec Castle, and America took over Mexico City for literally no reason | 62 | |
| 3330369528 | Caste War of Yucatan | Native Mayans tried to expel people of European descent who had total control over the Yucatan. | 63 | |
| 3330371922 | La Reforma | (Very Liberal) laws that attacked the church and the special privileges given to them as well as Native MesoAmericans, anything seen as a corporate institution, they needed a nation of equal citizens | 64 | |
| 3330371923 | Benito Juárez | has to flee with the war on Reforma because he was a liberal leader and the author of the new constitution He resisted the French occupation of Mexico, overthrew the Second Mexican Empire, restored the Republic, and used liberal measures to modernize the country. | 65 | |
| 3330377292 | Maximilian | The monarch of Mexico who was instilled on the throne after Mexico's loss in a war with France in 1864. He was the younger brother of the Austrian Emperor. He and Napoleon III made an expansionist scheme to invade, take over, and rule Mexico as a monarchy. Maximilian was resisted by Benito Juarez and the liberals with the intent to restore the republic, when Max was executed, Juarez was replaced as the the president of Mexico again. | 66 | |
| 3330432354 | Cinco de Mayo | Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín. | 67 | |
| 3330434028 | Porfirio Díaz/Porfiriato | a Liberal, takes power in coup, uses a platform of no reelection; attacked government inefficiency and fraud; built infrastructure and expanded exports; extreme concentration of wealth | 68 | |
| 3330434029 | Mexican Revolution (1910-20, 1920-40) | 2 Phases Millitary (1910-20), Constructive (1920-40) | 69 | |
| 3330437364 | Francisco Madero | Ran against Diaz but the election was "stolen" from him; wants people to rise up against Diaz and get Diaz out of office | 70 | |
| 3330439273 | Emiliano Zapata | Apart of a front in the south(Morelos) against President Victoriano Huerta, Issues plan de Ayala 1911 | 71 | |
| 3330439274 | Pancho Villa | Apart of a front in the north(Chihuahua) against President Victoriano Huerta | 72 | |
| 3330441523 | Constitution of 1917 | Freedom of religion; Congress cannot establish or prohibit any religion, State education will be secular; Religious/Charitable institutions may only own property for fulfillment of their duties and may not be administered by or receive money from religious sects. | 73 | |
| 3330441524 | Cristero War | Catholic rebellion (1926-1929), President Obregón elected and assassinated by Cristero militant, 1928 | 74 | |
| 3330443619 | Lázaro Cárdenas | President 1934-1940, Nationalization of oil industry (PEMEX), Agrarian reforms; "ejidos" | 75 | |
| 3330445288 | ejido | During La Reforma and the expansion of haciendas under Porfirio Diaz and the future liberal presidents, were large communal areas of land that were redistributed to landless people in hopes of alleviating the issue of poverty. This is did not start in earnest until Lazaro Cardenas become president in 1934. | 76 | |
| 3330447570 | Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) | Adds business community representatives, Centralization of executive power, Bureaucratic Authoritarianism of the PRI | 77 | |
| 3330449270 | The Cosmic Race | Being Mexican is being a mixture of races (mestizos), including the indigenous [was an essay that was written] | 78 | |
| 3330449271 | Frida Kahlo | +Manuel Gamio = Indigenismo | 79 | |
| 3330454470 | Diego Rivera | +José Clemente Orozco + David Siqueiros: muralistas | 80 | |
| 3335481707 | Ley Juarez (part of La Reforma) | interested in divesting power from the Catholic Church, abolished tax exemptions | 81 | |
| 3335485102 | Le Lerdo (part of La Reforma) | took away land from the church that wasn't used for Church purpose | 82 |
