326042391 | Montezuma | Chief of the Aztec who could not resist Cortez | 0 | |
326042392 | Francisco Pizarro | Spanish explorer who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541) | 1 | |
326042393 | Peninsulares | Spanish-born, came to Latin America; ruled, highest social class | 2 | |
326042394 | Creoles | descendants of Spanish-born BUT born in Latin America; resented inferior social, political, economic status | 3 | |
326042395 | Mestizos | A person of mixed Native American and European ancestry | 4 | |
326042396 | Mulattos | persons of mixed european and african ancestry | 5 | |
326042397 | Viceroys | Royal governors sent by Spain to rule in the King's name. | 6 | |
326042398 | Age of Exploration | Time period during the 15th and 16th centuries when Europeans searched for new sources of wealth and for easier trade routes to China and India. Resulted in the discovery of North and South America by the Europeans. | 7 | |
326042399 | Joint-stock company | A company made up of a group of shareholders. Each shareholder contributes some money to the company and receives some share of the company's profits and debts. | 8 | |
326042400 | Mercantilism | an economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests | 9 | |
326042401 | Hapsburg | a royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806 | 10 | |
326042402 | Stuart Restoration | reestablishment of monarchy in the person of Charles II, the son of Charles I, after Cromwell's death. It temporarily ended England's troubles. | 11 | |
326042403 | Glorious Revolution | the revolution against James II | 12 | |
326042404 | English Bill of Right | Document written by Parliment and agreed on by William and Mary of England in 1689, designed to prevent abuse of power by English Monarchs; forms the basis for much in American government and policies today. | 13 | |
326042405 | Huguenots | French Protestants | 14 | |
326042406 | War of Spanish Succession | This was the war between France and Spain in order to unite the two states under one ruler, Phillip V | 15 | |
326042407 | Peace of Augsburg | 1555 agreement declaring that the religion of each German state would be decided by its ruler | 16 | |
326042408 | Peace of Westphalia | Treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War (1648) and readjusted the religious and political affairs of Europe. | 17 | |
326042409 | Cossacks | free groups and outlaw armies of peasants who fled the tzar and service nobility | 18 | |
326042410 | Babur | brilliant general who laid the foundation for the Mughal Empire | 19 |
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