3rd Mid-term Flashcards
Spanish military explorer seeking wealth and territory
Conquistador
Indigenous interpreter and advisor to Hernán Cortés
Malinche
Indigenous allies who helped Hernán Cortés defeat the Aztecs
Tlaxcaltecas
Spanish colonial labor system that granted colonists control over native populations
Encomienda
Political-military alliance between Tenochtitlán, Texcoco and tlacopan
Triple alliance
Cultural and biological mixing of Spanish and indigenous peoples
Mestizaje
Smallpox
Deadly disease that devastated native populations
Native name for epidemic disease
Cocoliztli
Mandatory payment to rulers in goods or services
tribute
Capital city of the Aztec empire
Tenochtitlán
Night when Spanish forces retreated from Tenochtitlán
Noche triste
Feathered serpent deity in Mesoamerican culture
Quetzalcoatl
Spanish colonial governing body
Audiencia
Local Spanish colonial government council
cabildo
Aztec ruler during the Spanish conquest
Moctezuma II
Hernán Cortés arrived in Mexico in the year of
1519
The Aztec capital of _________ was built on a lake
Tenochtitlán
Served as both translator and cultural interpreter for Cortés
La Malinche
Was a devastating epidemic that killed millions of indigenous people
Smallpox
The Spanish were initially welcomed because they were thought to be representatives of
gods
was the Aztec emperor who first encountered the Spanish
Moctezuma II
The Spanish established their first mainland colony at
Veracruz
System that distributed indigenous labor among Spanish colonists
Encomienda
La noche triste occurred on
1520
