history ch 25 Flashcards

125161684	Dona Marina	Cortez's interputer	0
125161685	Mulattoes	People of African and European descent	1
125161686	Francisco Pizarro	Spanish explorer who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541)	2
125161687	Hernan Cortes	Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)	3
125161688	Mita System	recruit workers for particularly difficult and dangerous chores that free laborers would not accept	4
125161689	Seven Years' War	Known in America as French and Indian war. It was the war between the French and their Indian allies and the English that proved the English to be the more dominant force of what was to be the United States both commercially and in terms of controlled regions.	5
125161690	Hacienda	the main house on a ranch or large estate	6
125161691	Peninsulares	Spanish-born, came to Latin America; ruled, highest social class	7
125161692	Indentured Servants	colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years	8
125161693	Potosi	Located in Bolivia, one of the richest silver mining centers and most populous cities in colonial Spanish America. (p. 479)	9
125161694	Viceroys	Royal governors sent by Spain to rule in the King's name.	10
125161695	Mestizos	A person of mixed Native American and European ancestory	11
125161696	Treaty of Tordesillas	Set the Line of Demarcation which was a boundary established in 1493 to define Spanish and Portuguese possessions in the Americas.	12
125161697	Conquistadors	spanish soldiers and explorers who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain	13
125161698	Encomienda System	priviledge given by Spain to Spanish settlers in the Americas which allowed to control the lands and people of a certain territory	14