Unit 5 Flashcards
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| 333390842 | Hernan Cortes | brought down the Aztec empire in Mexico, seized emperor Motecuzoma II, placed Tenochtitlan under siege and forced them to surrender; Spanish conquistador | 0 | |
| 333390843 | Treaty of Tordesillas | signed in 1494 between Spain and Portugal, divided the world along an imaginary north-south line 360 leagues west of the Azores and Cape Verde Islands, Spain could claim any land west, Portugal gained the same rights for lands east | 1 | |
| 333390844 | smallpox | main reason for Spanish conquest of Mexico, caused the Taino society to largely disappear | 2 | |
| 333390845 | mestizos | mix of Spanish and Mexican, Dona Marina and her offspring with Cortes and another Spanish captain were early examples, "mixed", due to the lack of European women in the Americas | 3 |