aztec unit Flashcards
Aztec unit
1
Q
viceroy
A
a representative in a foreign juristiction
2
Q
nahuatl
A
the Aztecs native language
3
Q
musket
A
a shoulder held rifle
4
Q
mestizo
A
spanish and Aztec offspring
5
Q
mayan
A
the language spoke by the maya
6
Q
intermediary
A
a person who’s switch’s between groups
7
Q
epidemic
A
disease
8
Q
encomienda
A
were given land and had to get married
9
Q
creoles
A
were spanish descendents
10
Q
conquistador
A
Spanish leader
11
Q
catastrophe
A
a disaster
12
Q
telpochcalli
A
school for commoners
13
Q
missionaries
A
religious leaders
14
Q
causeway
A
land bridges created to link the island to the mainland
15
Q
quetzal
A
tropical bird
